Timing Belts and Water Pump

["R. Cummings" <cumm@flash.net>]

>From: Andrei Kogan <abk@phy.duke.edu>
>
>
>Hello fellow listers,
>
>did the Timing belt Idler pulley yesterday. A few quick comments:

>3. I didn't drain coolant, nor did I remove the waterpump... 
>...Moral of the story: don't assume you know better, always replace everything
>whenever you are there. 
>
The water pump bearings on my 87 Coupe GT failed. The belt jumped time and
the pistons bent the valves in two cylinders. Go back in there this weekend
and change the pump. It is more prone to failure than the idler.

Bob Cummings