Simon Kelley wrote: > > > > 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.
Can you not install a remote Jabsco or similar? as these pumps seem to give an enormous amount of grief.................oh I know that is all part of the fun. Jim > >
