Try using more water with some wetting agent--I use 70/30 with Redline. All I've read says water cools better than anti-freeze, just consult the side panel and see what ratios are appropriate for your expected temps. Just finished an ERC course (yes, in August, in Florida) and everyone's fans were running but mine! PS-three cheers for the Phoenix Jacket and a wet T-shirt underneath... FL Kev
--- Rick Davids <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > One for the archives. > > Did my waterpump rebuild last night. > As you might recall I developed a leak in the middle > of my 5k tour a month > or so back. Water/antifreeze was getting passed the > mechanical seal and > dripping out a small hole that is in the back of the > waterpump housing where > it plugs into the engine case. The hole cannot be > seen until the water pump > is removed. It initially appeared that the leak was > from the cover or bottom > bolt since the water was running down the back of > the pump(can't be seen) > and dripping off the bottom of the pump. I ordered > all new seals and a new > bearing which I received a couple days ago. > Waterpump removal is a piece of cake. Just unhook > the hoses and remove 6 > bolts. > Seal replacement was a bit more challenging. > The manual tells you to simply tap out the bearing > and mechanical seals. > Yeah, right. > I tapped, tapped some more, then pounded the hell > out of the old bearing. > Would not budge. Here's the 'hot' tip on bearing and > mechanical seal > removal. Use a heat gun to heat up the waterpump > housing. That worked a > treat. Bearing and mechanical seals tapped right > out. > I ordered the special tool for installing the > mechanical seal. I suppose > it's possible to use a socket instead, but the odds > of finding a socket that > exactly matches the outside diameter of the seal is > probably pretty slim. Of > course I didn't try since I had the tool. I'd be > happy to loan it out if > anyone needs it in the future. > Anyway, I got it all reassembeled and back on the > bike. Will finish hooking > up hoses, etc. tonight. Doing a 500 mile ride > tommorrow with expected temps > in the mid 90's for the high desert portion of the > ride. If you hear a loud > scream echoing across So. Cal. mid-day, you'll know > it leaked again ;-) > > Rick > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: http://messenger.msn.com __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Finance - Get real-time stock quotes http://finance.yahoo.com
