1 Waterpump gear rubbing Tue May 04, 2021 9:14 am
P.Kopperud
New member
Hello!
I'm currently rebuilding a K100 engine, yesterday I did the daunting task of replacing the waterpump seals, shaft, impeller etc.
I followed this guide (http://www.kforum-tech.com/mechanical/oil-pump/oil-pump-seals-replacement.htm), everything went pretty smooth until I was finished with pulling the shaft thru the ceramic seal. Following the guide enclosed I pulled the shaft until the gears was flush with the housing, I then noticed that the gears was rubbing on the inside of the waterpump. I guess somehow I must have pulled the gears to far? I tried mount the impeller with the bushing, somehow this seemed to help a littlebit, bit I can still feel a tiny bit of resistance when rotating the gear.
Have anybody had a similiar experience, could this be because of some production problem on the new gear shaft, out of tolerance maybe?
After blowing out the first aluminum dust/chips made by the rubbing, it seems to be clean now, even after rotating the shaft a bit. I'm still unsure if i should get a new seal and start the process again, any thoughts?
I'm currently rebuilding a K100 engine, yesterday I did the daunting task of replacing the waterpump seals, shaft, impeller etc.
I followed this guide (http://www.kforum-tech.com/mechanical/oil-pump/oil-pump-seals-replacement.htm), everything went pretty smooth until I was finished with pulling the shaft thru the ceramic seal. Following the guide enclosed I pulled the shaft until the gears was flush with the housing, I then noticed that the gears was rubbing on the inside of the waterpump. I guess somehow I must have pulled the gears to far? I tried mount the impeller with the bushing, somehow this seemed to help a littlebit, bit I can still feel a tiny bit of resistance when rotating the gear.
Have anybody had a similiar experience, could this be because of some production problem on the new gear shaft, out of tolerance maybe?
After blowing out the first aluminum dust/chips made by the rubbing, it seems to be clean now, even after rotating the shaft a bit. I'm still unsure if i should get a new seal and start the process again, any thoughts?