Pump Fell Off!

[tomtucson]

Another gear drive failure!! Water stops spraying, engine running, walk to machine and see pump FALLEN off gear drive. Let me tell you its a bad moment when you see your pump like that.

 

[Scott Stone]

Been there, done that. I was pretty new, so I continued wondering what that squeal was. I finished the job and then looked at the pump. Bolted it back on, and it worked for another fofour years.

 

[Kory]

My pumps are supported underneath

 

[ptapaul]

Look's like the housing actually cracked off. It doesn't look customer site repairable without replacing the pump. Is my vision correct? Did you have a spare pump, housing or rig to finish the job?:frown:

 

[Alexy]

Looks like bolt failure. What grade bolts was it attached with?

 

[ptapaul]

Second look shows that the bearing cup separated. Certainly repairable but you may need to helicoil that one hole some time in the near future.

 

[swrest]

:rotflmaorobaly ran too low on muffler bearing oil.

Whe was the last time you changed your blinker fluid?

 

[Vince Wood]

I'd just convert it to a belt drive like I did with mine and forget about it.

 

[tomtucson]

The four bolts holding the pump to the gear box all sheared off. Don't know what grade, they were the ones that came with it. I really like the gear drive - in theory. It's compact, no belts flying around, easy to take on and off and the gears look like they could run a truck, but the one on the machine I wand with just hasn't held up. First the key gets chingered up and that spreads problems to the drive.