[Healeys] water pump bearings

john spaur jmsdarch at sbcglobal.net
Tue May 29 21:55:55 MDT 2012


Hi Chris,
I broke the impeller, years ago, when I tried to take the pulley off. 
However, the shaft is in really bad shape due to rust; seal must have 
leaked for a long time. Thanks for the tips.
John

At 12:08 PM 5/30/2012 +1000, Chris Dimmock wrote:
>Hi John,
>I sent you a pic separately. the bearing and shaft are one piece on 
>a bj8 pump.
>Just rebuilt mine.
>Biggest issues are you really need a press to get the brg out of the 
>housing, and a press to get the impeller off the brg. You can 
>improvise with a vice, but you run the risk of breaking the 
>impeller. And usually, the back of the impeller needs to be cleaned 
>up on a lathe where the seal goes.


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