thebloker Posted November 12, 2003 Report Posted November 12, 2003 How do you guys get the water pump drive gear off of the the impeller? Mine is stuck on and the Clymer says that it can just slide right off. Seeing as they are both made of plastic/nylon, heating them up with a torch is out of the question. Any help is apprecieated, thanks thebloker Quote
Screamin_Demon Posted November 12, 2003 Report Posted November 12, 2003 if you don't mind tearing up the impellor a bit (which most don't if swapping to aftermarket from stock) you can do what I did. I took 2 small pieces of 1 x 4 lumber... pinched them together in between the impellor and the gear, then used a hammer to lightly tap the shaft out of the gear. Wouldn't suggest hitting it hard just in case you miss and hit the gear. Mine took a few taps with the hammer before it was loose enough to come the rest of the way off by hand. Quote
thebloker Posted November 12, 2003 Author Report Posted November 12, 2003 thanks for the help, but I unless I can get away with out messing anything up, I think I may just leave the thing in there. I have split my cases and I was in the process of replacing all of the seals, until I ran into this situation. Normally, I would have just torn the hell out of the impeller; but I don't have enough time to get a new one and install it before Thanksgiving. The old seal didn't leak, but at least I have something to look forward to destroying when I finally buy a new one. Quote
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