EWP and pulling MWP drivegear

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Oct 12, 2015 | 11:34 AM

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EWP and pulling MWP drivegear

Is it possiblr to pull the mwp drivegear and bearing out when installing a ewp without taking off the intake manifold? The more I look into installing a meziere ewp the more of a pain in the a$$ it looks like!

Oct 12, 2015 | 11:55 AM

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No. It's not on the manifold anyway. It's bolted to the block. The shaft has to be pressed out of the housing. There isn't an easier accessory to take off/install than the w/p on a LT1.

Oct 12, 2015 | 12:00 PM

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I think I worded my question wrong. I meant to say I need to pull that drive gear and shaft out when I install a meziere. Is there an easy way to pull that out without having to take the manifold off? I'm going to change the timing chain and cover gasket anyways.

Oct 12, 2015 | 12:23 PM

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Weren't you going to do H/C? Do it then. I've read of people just leaving the drive spine in the block when doing a EWP, short term that would probably work.

Oct 12, 2015 | 12:47 PM

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oic... I've read on here of people somehow fastening a slide hammer and pulling it out that way. I've always just taken the manifold off and tapped it out of the block.

Oct 12, 2015 | 01:09 PM

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The drive can stay in there, it doesn't matter.
I hammered mine out when the intake/timing cover were both off for a cam swap.

Oct 12, 2015 | 01:52 PM

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oic... I've read on here of people somehow fastening a slide hammer and pulling it out that way. I've always just taken the manifold off and tapped it out of the block.

Oh, forgot. The timing cover has to come off, so as stated, leave it on until there is a reason to take the timing cover off.

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Oct 12, 2015 | 09:24 PM

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mine has been on for 17 years...no issues

Oct 13, 2015 | 10:56 AM

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That slide hammer is a good idea. Are you loosing a few hp with that wp driveshaft still being turned? I would like to do away with that wp drive seal for good too!!! No more leaks!!!!