[V8] The ongoing TB Saga 5

[dsaad@icehouse.net]

The bearing comes out easily after the three screws.
On the seal puller, everyone seems to have a favorite. I just pulled off the
whole front cover and replaced all the required gaskets. No pullers needed this
way but it is a lot of extra work. (you have to pull the lower oil pan to get at
some of the bolts)

Dave


Quoting Kneale Brownson <kneale at coslink.net>:

> After struggling to drill out the broken waterpump housing bolt  between
> cleaning up blown-down trees, leaking roofs and a worn out shower faucet
> control, I've got the new thermostat and waterpump in place and am about to
> replace the oil pump pulley bearing and seal.  The manual says "remove oil
> pump drive", which I translate to take out the three Alan screws and remove
> the pulley and its bearing?????  How's this done once the three screws are
> out?  Can I pry on the toothed pulley or is there some trick like Dave
> Head's for loosening the cam pulleys?
>
> The manual calls for using a bearing puller to remove the seals.  The
> nominated bearing puller by Kukko costs $240.  Is this also required to
> separate the bearing from the pulley?  Is there an alternative to
> extracting the seal?
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