Terry Streeter wrote: > > Things never go quite as smoothly as we hope, do they? > > I collected the dismantled water pump on Monday, only to discover that > one of the bearings supporting the impeller shaft had seized solid. The > impeller shaft (gear driven from the crankshaft) has been forcing the > inner race round and it is now in a very sorry state. This probably > explains why the graphite seals were leaking. So far I have been unable > to extract the knackered bearing from the housing or to identify quite > what it is so that a replacement can be obtained. Pete Thompson (Marine > Engine Services) is unavailable before Thursday, but I'll be hot-footing > it down there as soon as he's back and hopefully he will have (or at > least be able to identify the type of) a replacement bearing. >
Terry, I have a collection of FR waterpump spares from the last time I did a pump rebuild. This includes servicable (but not new) bearings, the half of the casing remote from the drive gear, and a new shaft (currently with a reverse-rotation impellor installed, but that could be removed.) Please feel free to get in touch if I can assist. Cheers, Simon.
