I bought a water pump for my '80 900GL as many of you may already know, but I
decided to get new seals anyway and rebuild my own pump. I decided
to dissassemble the pump I bought just for practice. I followed
instructions at first, supporting the impeller and tapping the shaft with a
drift. It wouldn't budge at all. So I got a gear puller from a
buddy and started cranking on it with a ratchet and all of a sudden
SNAP! The impeller busted! Not a terrible loss because the shaft
gears on the pump I bought were busted anyway, but I am thinking if
that happened what is to say I'll be able to remove my own impeller?
I looked more carefully at the impeller and shaft that broke and it
appears they are welded together?!? Was that the case with some of
them? All I know is if I can't do a better job dissassembling my
own pump I am @#$&ed......
Edit:
I have pounded on the head of the shaft with a hammer with all the force I can muster. To the point where the shaft snapped in half and till the top of the shft is mushroomed and it hasn't budged a millimeter. I KNOW for a fact it's welded on. The question is, why? and who did it? and is there any chance my own pump is welded together?
decided to get new seals anyway and rebuild my own pump. I decided
to dissassemble the pump I bought just for practice. I followed
instructions at first, supporting the impeller and tapping the shaft with a
drift. It wouldn't budge at all. So I got a gear puller from a
buddy and started cranking on it with a ratchet and all of a sudden
SNAP! The impeller busted! Not a terrible loss because the shaft
gears on the pump I bought were busted anyway, but I am thinking if
that happened what is to say I'll be able to remove my own impeller?
I looked more carefully at the impeller and shaft that broke and it
appears they are welded together?!? Was that the case with some of
them? All I know is if I can't do a better job dissassembling my
own pump I am @#$&ed......
Edit:
I have pounded on the head of the shaft with a hammer with all the force I can muster. To the point where the shaft snapped in half and till the top of the shft is mushroomed and it hasn't budged a millimeter. I KNOW for a fact it's welded on. The question is, why? and who did it? and is there any chance my own pump is welded together?