[TR] TR3 water pump question

Dave1massey at cs.com Dave1massey at cs.com
Thu Oct 31 13:42:08 MDT 2013


I see that Locktite (R) has three products that fit the description, 635, 
638 and 680.  All three are available through McMaster Carr.  Graingers has 
others as well including 609.

Dave

In a message dated 10/31/2013 1:49:43 PM Central Daylight Time, 
TR3driver at ca.rr.com writes: 
> >Someday soon I will order up a new pump and pulley and some 
> >Locktite RC609 
> 
> There are probably better choices today than the 609.  I've got a big 
> bottle of it left over from when I had a similar problem with
> the front pulley on my former TR3A.  The crank snout was worn undersize 
> from the pulley hub working loose and I didn't want to
> replace it at the time, so I used the RC609 to make up the difference.  
> Worked quite well, and I was later able to remove the hub
> without too much fuss, using a screw-type puller bolted to the holes in 
> the hub and a bolt in the end of the crankshaft.  It just
> laughed at me when I tapped on it, though.  


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