Help with water pump removal!!
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Help with water pump removal!! Ok so I'm changing out my opti. I'm stuck on that last bolt that's right behind a pulley. I followed 1badzee's write up and it says to use a swivel tool. Well I tried that, but I guess it's not the right size or something?
If anyone could help me out, that would be fantastic. Thanks!
If anyone could help me out, that would be fantastic. Thanks!
Take a picture of the bolt and its proximity to the pulley (post it if you want) but I would print that picture and take it to a closeby Sears and head for the Craftsmen tools section. I will bet one of the sales guys can hook you up.
My tool chest has grown from a small Craftsmen set bought 50 years ago to two 6 foot tall multidrawer cabinets with a lot of Craftsmen (and a lot of Snap On) simply because the next job I was doing worked better if I had another wrench/tool/??.
My tool chest has grown from a small Craftsmen set bought 50 years ago to two 6 foot tall multidrawer cabinets with a lot of Craftsmen (and a lot of Snap On) simply because the next job I was doing worked better if I had another wrench/tool/??.
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Ok so I'm changing out my opti. I'm stuck on that last bolt that's right behind a pulley. I followed 1badzee's write up and it says to use a swivel tool. Well I tried that, but I guess it's not the right size or something?
If anyone could help me out, that would be fantastic. Thanks!
If anyone could help me out, that would be fantastic. Thanks!
Take a picture of the bolt and its proximity to the pulley (post it if you want) but I would print that picture and take it to a closeby Sears and head for the Craftsmen tools section. I will bet one of the sales guys can hook you up.
My tool chest has grown from a small Craftsmen set bought 50 years ago to two 6 foot tall multidrawer cabinets with a lot of Craftsmen (and a lot of Snap On) simply because the next job I was doing worked better if I had another wrench/tool/??.
My tool chest has grown from a small Craftsmen set bought 50 years ago to two 6 foot tall multidrawer cabinets with a lot of Craftsmen (and a lot of Snap On) simply because the next job I was doing worked better if I had another wrench/tool/??.
Don't remember much of anything I could use English sockets for.
But than again I could be dreaming as it has been 10 years since I have changed an opti although I still have a pair of 93s.
Edit: my wife is again correct. Apparently the water pump bolts are 9/16ths, I suppose I am dreaming about pulling the front of the motor on one of the LS1/2/7 cars.
Last edited by pkincy; Oct 6, 2013 at 07:21 PM.
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From: Fernandina/Jacksonville, FL
Ya I've got the right size sockets and everything. I guess I should've said socket LENGTH. The swivel socket I got will go on, but there's not enough room to hook the wrench on. Maybe I can find a shorter length of swivel socket?
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From: Fernandina/Jacksonville, FL
Dunno if it makes any difference, but 4 of the 5 bolts that I've gotten out, I had to use a torque wrench to get out. Dunno if that effects any use of the swivels or anything.
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To take the pulley off, do I have to take off the whole assembly or can I use a pulley puller for it?
Like mab, I just use a shorty socket and a regular extension. Just unbolt the PS pump from the accessory bracket and move it over a little, can't believe a water pump is winning here.
you might have to take the fans out (if not already out) to make room for the puller but it can be done in the car with no problem. when i changed my power steering pump the pulley wasn't lined up properly so i used the power steering pump pulley puller (say that 10 times fast...lol) in the car with no issues whats so ever.
