water pump housing bolts

[txrocco@sbcglobal.net (ATS - Patrick Bureau)]

this is why I buy complete water pump and not mess with tiny bolts that will
break on you anyways, more trouble than not considering a complete new pump
is really and truly not more more $$ and a heck easier to change.

ATS - Patrick Bureau - txrocco@sbcglobal.net


=>-----Original Message-----
=>From: scirocco-l-admin@scirocco.org
=>[mailto:scirocco-l-admin@scirocco.org]On Behalf Of T. Reed
=>Sent: Sunday, March 09, 2003 12:57 AM
=>To: scirocco-l@scirocco.org
=>Subject: water pump housing bolts
=>
=>
=>Okay, so I just want to re-iterate the advice that somebody posted here a
=>couple of days ago:
=>
=>The key to getting the water pump to water pump housing bolts out is HEAT.
=>And lots of it!
=>
=>The day after I ordered a new pump and housing from mark@aab, I found my
=>old junk water pump (and housing).. which was unfortunate since I just
=>wasted extra $$ on a pump with a housing. But I decided to spring on the
=>opportunity to seperate the pump and housing now so the spare housing
=>would be ready for the next time I need to swap a water pump.
=>
=>I torched the bolts for about 60 seconds and applied gentle force with a
=>ratchet. I broke off 5 bolts and got 3 out.. now I could see why people
=>told me to get the whole pump. This was going to be a pain..
=>
=>So, I got the pump off and scraped off the gasket. Each of the broken
=>bolts had about 1/4" of bolt sticking out of the hole still so I got my
=>itty bitty vice grips and tried turning them. No luck there, so I put the
=>propane torch on them. And this time, I propped it up on some pliers and
=>went away to do something else a few minutes. When I came back the first
=>bolt was red hot. I dripped some water on it (I read somewhere that doing
=>so can help loosen bolts) and then let it heat back up. Then I flipped it
=>around and heated the back side of the bolt. Got my vice grips ready, took
=>the torch off it, and the bolt turned right out.
=>
=>I did this same procedure for the other 4 bolts and they turned right out.
=>No real pressure needed on the vice grips.. I did a quick tap job on the
=>threaded holes to renew the threads and then put the housing in storage.
=>
=>Anyway, heat is key.. and lots of it! Get the hottest torch you've got and
=>keep it on there for 5 minutes per bolt - the suckers will come out
=>eventually.
=>
=>-Toby
=>
=>
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