My 1995 GTX was running fine until it blew out the wear ring last week. I put in a new OEM wear ring, and verified 0.10mm clearance all the way around with proper end play. The bearings looked good an the impeller spins freely by hand in the pump housing. The problem occurs when I reinstall the pump on the drive shaft, it seems to bind up the engine before I get the pump torqued down properly. I haven't pulled the driveshaft out of the flywheel, but to my knowledge everything was put back per the book and the pump rebuild thread. I used a puller to remove the pump (i.e. no yanking), so I cant imagine the engine alignment changed during the rebuild.
Once I start pulling down to 26 ftlbs the flywheel becomes hard to move by hand (with no plugs in) and the starter struggles to turn over (even with the plugs out). When I watch the shaft spin it seem to wobble a bit, though I checked the wear ring and it isn't scarred or scratched as if it were misaligned. The only thing I can think of is that that it is that the pump is out of alignment, or the drive shaft is bent, not sure how to check either since I don't have the proper tooling. Is there an easy way to check alignment or deflection without special tools? Any ideas would be appreciated.
Please and thank you.
Rich
Once I start pulling down to 26 ftlbs the flywheel becomes hard to move by hand (with no plugs in) and the starter struggles to turn over (even with the plugs out). When I watch the shaft spin it seem to wobble a bit, though I checked the wear ring and it isn't scarred or scratched as if it were misaligned. The only thing I can think of is that that it is that the pump is out of alignment, or the drive shaft is bent, not sure how to check either since I don't have the proper tooling. Is there an easy way to check alignment or deflection without special tools? Any ideas would be appreciated.
Please and thank you.
Rich