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morrisman
17th Jul 2016, 07:44 PM
I have been trying to fix a leaky water pump in my old Chevy truck..... tried lots of kits with limited success.

I decided to try a new approach . I bought a NOS good quality bearing ( the bearings available now are Asian crap )

The grease had dried up in the NOS bearing, I drilled a hole into it and pumped in high temp . grease , filled it right up .

The old carbon seals are OK if you use the vehicle a lot, but leave them for a few months and they weep .
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I opted for a modern mechanical seal . Bored out the pump housing . Its been in use 6 months now, been performing great .

KBs PensNmore
17th Jul 2016, 08:19 PM
Thanks for this, amazing what can be repaired with a bit of lateral thinking.:2tsup:
Kryn

Goggomobile
18th Jul 2016, 08:16 AM
Great result. Can't see in the pic ... Is the mechanical seal ceramic or some hard wearing sintered metal ?
Randal

.RC.
18th Jul 2016, 09:25 AM
Nice work. I have done a similar thing on my Toyota DA115 crane truck. Water pump leaking, so retrofitted a common mechanical seal into it.

morrisman
18th Jul 2016, 08:51 PM
Great result. Can't see in the pic ... Is the mechanical seal ceramic or some hard wearing sintered metal ?
Randal

Randal its a ceramic seal , these are available just about anywhere .