PS pump rebuild

[Helge Wunderlich]

On Mon, 11 Mar 2002 17:23:40 -0800, Richard Hoffman wrote:

>It looks like from the top there is a big "X" shaped place
>where a VERY large flathead screwdriver would be used to open it up....my
>largest screwdriver will not open it.
>Does this require a special tool or something?  Or am I doing it all wrong?

I made my local Audi dealer look it up in the service manual. It said
to use a large screwdriver, but also mentioned a torque of 35 Nm. Go
figure.

I ended up building my own tool for the job. Got all the caps out, and
even got them properly torqued afterwards.

I built the tool from a hex socket and an old spanner. My welding
skills are worse than terrible, but it worked. Here's a picture of the
tool. Maybe it will inspire you to give it a try:

http://home.no.net/~helgeww/temp/pumptool.jpg

You can see that the "blades" are slightly deformed, probably because
the steel was not hard enough for this use.