My smug arrogance was crushed while rebuilding my water pump because I pressed the impeller on too far causing it to rub on the housing. So I flipped the pump over and started to press the spindle out until I heard "CRACK" So I machined the broken surface down to just below the top edge of teh bearing. Drilled, tapped and fitted a retaining washer, the pulley will hide it all. This mod together with 609 Loctite on the bearing outer race should be better than the original casting. Any thoughts ?
Thoughts? A damn clever repair if you ask me! Way to save the unit and a few bucks to boot!!! Flatman
Nice looking repair for one of those dreaded oops moments we sometimes have. Thanks for sharing. Vergil
great save! now i wonder how many people reading this will be kicking themselves for throwing away that box of broken pumps.