Water Pump.
- Thread starter Voymom
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stormsurge
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- Jan 29, 2012
- 386
Hav'nt changed one on a trailvoy yet, but should'nt be to tuff. I would use some sealant if it was me.
stormsurge
Member
- Jan 29, 2012
- 386
If you did'nt live so far i would say bring it by tomarrow afternoon. I make a run to wisconsin at 3:30 am to 1:00 pm. Thats enuff driving for me for the day.
Don't use brute prying force. Use an impact. Hammering on the end of a huge crescent wrench with almost nothing holding the pulley worked for me. And I put it back on with anti-seize so it will never be a challenge again.
- Feb 3, 2012
- 2,523
AHHHHHHHHH We changed the water pump, bad outside bearing. NOW we have a broken f-ing bolt in the engine block. I want to scream.
Make that 2 bolts broken in the engine block.....1 is flush the other is in there pretty good. I'm not happy. The second one broke when we were taking everything off to see if we could get the first broken bolt out.
UPDATE- Got the flush broken bolt out with a pair of tweezers and an itty bitty screw driver. Going to attempt the same method on the other one. I wont have access to an extractor until hubby's friend gets off work tomorrow. Wish me luck!
Make that 2 bolts broken in the engine block.....1 is flush the other is in there pretty good. I'm not happy. The second one broke when we were taking everything off to see if we could get the first broken bolt out.
UPDATE- Got the flush broken bolt out with a pair of tweezers and an itty bitty screw driver. Going to attempt the same method on the other one. I wont have access to an extractor until hubby's friend gets off work tomorrow. Wish me luck!
So yesterday I posted a comment on Voymom's other thread about the wobbly fan / bad water pump bearing. I had the same problem.
I tackled this repair (water pump and fan clutch) this evening and finally got everything offl. Now I have a bolt that snapped off when I was putting my new water pump on and see this thread--- it looks like I am having the same experience. Obviously I must have over tightened.
I have a couple of questions if anyone has advice to offer:
1) Is the dealer the only place I can get these replacement bolts immediately?
2) Any general advice on pulling out this bolt? I think I used an extractor once in the but I don't have one any more.
This was the last bolt of the 5 on the water pump to be installed so I'll probably replace all of them in case any others were close to breaking
I tackled this repair (water pump and fan clutch) this evening and finally got everything offl. Now I have a bolt that snapped off when I was putting my new water pump on and see this thread--- it looks like I am having the same experience. Obviously I must have over tightened.
I have a couple of questions if anyone has advice to offer:
1) Is the dealer the only place I can get these replacement bolts immediately?
2) Any general advice on pulling out this bolt? I think I used an extractor once in the but I don't have one any more.
This was the last bolt of the 5 on the water pump to be installed so I'll probably replace all of them in case any others were close to breaking
- Feb 3, 2012
- 2,523
2003Red4x4 said:
1). No we used any bolt as long as it was the correct size. Luckily we live near a place that manufactures them.
2). Easy out extractor! This moment right here was the most intense moment I have ever had with this truck. I lost sleep over it, cried over it, and wasn't very nice to the hubby over it lol. We were able to use a pair of tweezers to wiggle out a bolt that was broken flush to the engine block.
But we had to use an easy out extractor for the one that was pretty far in the block. I can't remember which bolts broke as it has been a while, but they were 2 bolts on the right side. When you replace the bolts you broke use anti seize on them, in fact use anti seize on ALL the bolts so this can be avoided next time.
Hope this helped. I haven't had coffee yet, so my answers probably don't make sense lol
Never done it but I have heard that left handed drill bits work as well. And if that fails use an extractor.
- Feb 3, 2012
- 2,523
CaptainXL said:
I would go for the extractor first honestly. Left handed drill bits have been known to break fairly easily. And if the drill bit breaks, you are then royally screwed. An extractor, from what I heard an researched when we broke 2 in the engine block will not work once a drill bit is broken in the bolt, and then the only other option are the diamond plated(not sure if that's the correct name)drill bits which are extremely hard to break. You break a diamond bit, and you might as well buy a new/used engine as having a shop or mechanic fix the problem can likely cost as much as a rebuilt engine would.
Just my opinion!
Well I ended up getting the bolt out and reinstalling everything successfully.:wootwoot:
I ended up using the left handed drill bit. My plan was actually to use both left handed drill and the extractor. I drilled until I had enough of a hole to try the extractor but it couldn't quite get a good grip so I tried drilling a little more and out came the bolt.
I ended up replacing all 5 bolts just to be safe. Chevy dealer price was supposedly $6.26 each but they sold them to me for $4.62 each. I'm sure I could find a cheaper replacement somewhere but had a very small window to finish the repair or call in back up help $$. The part number was 11517521, description RU408DBOLT.
I ended up using the left handed drill bit. My plan was actually to use both left handed drill and the extractor. I drilled until I had enough of a hole to try the extractor but it couldn't quite get a good grip so I tried drilling a little more and out came the bolt.
I ended up replacing all 5 bolts just to be safe. Chevy dealer price was supposedly $6.26 each but they sold them to me for $4.62 each. I'm sure I could find a cheaper replacement somewhere but had a very small window to finish the repair or call in back up help $$. The part number was 11517521, description RU408DBOLT.