yeah i had one of my pals wrench on it with a flat bar while i tightened it haha, make sure you only tighten somewhere between 1/4"-1/2" (i think... check on that) with thumb pressure applied in middle. made it to tight once and it busted on me again...
, but an easy fix... as for your PS pump gone, good luck haha... but like you said screw the pwr steering, hold off till you can find it in a pick and pull.