[DML] Re: Water Pump

["David Teitelbaum" <jtrealty@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

It is not "Good Practice" to hammer on the water pump. Especially
during reassembly. The seal is very brittle and hammering can crack
it. It is much easier on everything to press it smoothly together. If
you don't have a press take it to someone that has one and give him a
beer. You don't want to put the whole engine back together and find
out the water pump seal is bad because you hammered it. You can also
damage the bearings and that won't become evident for a little while.
Pinning the pulley is a bad idea because if you don't get it exactly
right on the shaft you have to remove the pin, reset the pulley, and
redrill the shaft. Better to get the bolt-on pulley. Or better yet
just get the right pump AND pulley from a "D" vender!
David Teitelbaum
vin 10757


--- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "stainlessilusion" <5n-@xxxx> wrote:
> Are the OE and aftermarket pumps not the same? The only difference I
> could think of is impellor. I have one of John's pumps, and have no
> problems. Side note: Seems vendors AND owners alike are having much
> trouble removing the pulley. Sometime in it's life-the old pulley was
> g








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