[paul.adshead]

Looks within tolerance to me! ;-)

 

[Scotty]

WOW !

 

[BargePilot]

'What is wrong in this picture?' Took me some time to get it, but I am dumb.

This is what it sould look like, I believe.

(Image stolen from ebay. Apart from being dumb I'm shameless too)

 

[Scotty]

Carl, what do think caused the failure?

 

[RRToadHall]

'What is wrong in this picture?' Took me some time to get it, but I am dumb.

This is what it sould look like, I believe.

(Image stolen from ebay. Apart from being dumb I'm shameless too)

Not dumb at all. If I had thought to pull the front cover apart I would have found this alot sooner. :mrgreen: You are dead right though, there should be three gears. Instead I have two gears and 15 little nubs that used to be the outside gear.

 

[RRToadHall]

Carl, what do think caused the failure?

I notice that my front cover already has the updated front seal installed. I can only guess that the front cover was pulled to install it and they nicked or fouled the oil pump gears when reinstalling. I can easily picture that a crack would lead to a chain reaction busting of the outter gear.

Thanks goodness I was at idle! Highway speed could easily have been a new front cover assembly!

 

[RRToadHall]

So after a quick shot of orange cleaner, and installing the new gears, here is what it should look like when you pull the pump cover off.

 

[shupack]

AH! now I see your confusion in the other thread! that pump is destroyed (obviously) and probably took out the front-cover with it... the bits (when they used to be one piece) rotated at just a bit less than crank speed

 

[nipper]

So after a quick shot of orange cleaner, and installing the new gears, here is what it should look like when you pull the pump cover off.

Has the outer gear breaking up not caused damage to the housing? I would check carefully that the gears are free to turn when the plate is fitted and torqued up.

 

[RRToadHall]

So after a quick shot of orange cleaner, and installing the new gears, here is what it should look like when you pull the pump cover off.

Has the outer gear breaking up not caused damage to the housing? I would check carefully that the gears are free to turn when the plate is fitted and torqued up.

I had two very tiny nics in the aluminum front cover and one in the pump cover. No gouging or scoring is present. I can press the outter rotor into place with very little effort. I was just wasn't sure if it was really supposed to be firm or was to spin. Thanks for the confirmation of what came to me at 3:00 this morning. :? It's amazing how walking away from a project will clear things up. I am pretty sure that with some very careful emory work on those two nicks all will be fine.