Rebuilt Water Pump
Posted by Jim Kavanagh On 2018/7/27 20:04:46
I am slowly putting my '52 back together and noted a small rust trail from the weephole of my water pump. Since everything is apart, this seems like the time to fix it.
I have a rebuilt, but it looks like the rebuilder did not press the fan flange onto the shaft far enough. it looks like mine is further down the shaft by about 1/4 to 3/8 inches. I have attached a couple pictures. I do have a spacer between the flange and the pulley, but I don't think omitting it makes up the difference.
I may not be able to return this unit, so I am wondering if it is too difficult to fix this. I assume I would need to take he backplate off the pump, then I should be able to support the unit in a vice to press the flange down further, and reassemble.
If I can return this I might just rebuild mine own unit - is this very difficult to do? I probably don't have a puller for the shaft, but everything else I should be OK for.
Do these routinely leak a little through the weephole? I have never had to add any significant amount of water, but have also only driven a few thousand miles. It did see some miles before I bought it.
Also, I pulled the timing cover and need to reinstall it. It looks like I need to drop the pan to get the gasket under the timing cover installed correctly. Is there another way to address this?
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I have a rebuilt, but it looks like the rebuilder did not press the fan flange onto the shaft far enough. it looks like mine is further down the shaft by about 1/4 to 3/8 inches. I have attached a couple pictures. I do have a spacer between the flange and the pulley, but I don't think omitting it makes up the difference.
I may not be able to return this unit, so I am wondering if it is too difficult to fix this. I assume I would need to take he backplate off the pump, then I should be able to support the unit in a vice to press the flange down further, and reassemble.
If I can return this I might just rebuild mine own unit - is this very difficult to do? I probably don't have a puller for the shaft, but everything else I should be OK for.
Do these routinely leak a little through the weephole? I have never had to add any significant amount of water, but have also only driven a few thousand miles. It did see some miles before I bought it.
Also, I pulled the timing cover and need to reinstall it. It looks like I need to drop the pan to get the gasket under the timing cover installed correctly. Is there another way to address this?
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