PS pump rebuild

[Kneale Brownson]

I think "larger screwdriver" was a misinterpretation of what the service 
manual says.  It actually describes and names a drag link socket, which 
looks like a large flat-bladed screwdriver with a 1/2-inch drive fitting on 
the end.  The 1/2-inch version of a drag link socket is two mm too wide in 
the blade, so Bentley advises taking a mm off each edge.


At 08:14 PM 03/18/2002 +0100, Helge Wunderlich wrote:

>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.