Hydraulic Pump Rebuild

[Phil Rose]

At 9:36 PM +0200 6/9/03, Richard Tanimura wrote:
>I just checked my receipts. I paid $2.50 each for the kits including plug
>(cap) and O-ring. I wouldn't worry too much about the plugs/caps.

As Kneale has posted, we don't get the caps as part of the rebuild
kit. And although I've never had to buy replacement caps, I'd expect
locating them here (except in a junkyard) might take a while. Hence,
I certainly _would_ worry about damaging the caps. I've done the
rebuild twice and found it's rather easy to loosen the caps with the
draglink socket, hammer and impact wrench. I secure the pump within
the jaws of a very modest-size vise (barely opens wide enough) and
also support the underside (cap end) of the pump with a small block
of wood while I whack at it. Having a helper to stabilize the pump
would be nice, but wasn't needed.

One more point: if you do the job without the draglink socket, then
you will be unable tighten the caps  to spec using a torque wrench. I
know some people never bother to torque-wrench much of anything,
but...

Phil





>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Kneale Brownson [mailto:knotnook at traverse.com]
>Sent: den 9 juni 2003 21:12
>To: Richard Tanimura; Derek Pulvino; 200q20v at audifans.com
>Subject: RE: Hydraulic Pump Rebuild
>
>
>At 08:50 PM 06/09/2003 +0200, Richard Tanimura wrote:
>>Derek,
>>
>>Here is my BTDT. My local wrench taught me this. I replaced all the plugs
>>and O-ring using a large screwdriver. It was easy and I didn't have to buy
>>any special drag link tools either. Remember, you don't have to worry about
>>destroying plugs because you get new plugs as part of the replacement kits
>>(at least in Sweden you do).
>
>New caps are not part of the seals kit available in the US.
>
>
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Phil Rose				Rochester, NY USA
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