

| Subject: | Waterpumps |
| From: | Joachim Beek |
| Date: | Wed, 1 Mar 95 13:31:23 CST |
Ok, this is not really Vanagon/Bus related, but VW nonetheless.
I'm replacing the waterpump on my 78 Scirocco and while I was putting
both halves together (with that sealant gunk on the gasket), one of the
bolts sheared off, even though I was using a torque wrench set to the
Bentley specs. Now, the thing is normally held together by 8 bolts,
fairly equally spaced around the perimeter (see crude drawing of pump
below--the 0 represents the sheared off bolt).
__
/ \
| \
___ \ \
/ `0 |
| |
\ /
\_______/
Before I go back the FLAPS and bitch (well, ok, ask nicely for a
replacement), I was wondering
1 - do you suppose the pump will leak with the one bolt gone?
2 - if I wind up getting another pump, to prevent overtorqueing the
bolts again, would (careful) tightening by normal socket wrench be
sufficient to prevent leaking?
In humble curiosity,
Joachim
beekj@smd6.jsc.nasa.gov
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