Date:         Tue, 27 Sep 2011 19:40:25 -0600
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From:         ralph meyermann <ralphmeyermann@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: No luck getting injection pump drive shaft seal out
Comments: To: Poppie Jagersand <poppie.jagersand@yahoo.ca>
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Maybe the best Idea is to totally remove the pump and secure it in a bench
vise for better access to the seal and more tool variety maybe an extra hour
or two doing that may save$$$$ in a possible OOOPS!!!!

Velma 82diesel 1.6 na westy

On Sep 27, 2011 8:18 PM, "Poppie Jagersand" <poppie.jagersand@yahoo.ca>
wrote:

Got another couple of hours work on the Diesel injection pump issue today,
but made no real progress. Yesterday before it got dark I had gotten the
timing belt and pulley off so I had access to the injection pump drive shaft
seal.

Today I tried getting the drive shaft seal out in various ways:

1. drilled small holes with a dremel in the (metal) lip of the seal. Screwed
in screws and tugged at the screws. Unfportunately the screws would strip
the threads and seal would not move.

2. Along the lines of this guy I tried to pry it out. Also no luck.
http://crustycrank.com/resealinjpump.htm
(I used one of those trim removal tools which gave me a nice grip behind the
seal lip, but I could not make it move. Tried pulling straingt out with both
hands (real knuckle buster working witht he pump in the van). Also tried
leveraging the pry tool off the pump flange. Still no luck.

3. Made a hook from a bike spoke with the flange cut off. I could get the
J-part in betwen the seal and shaft, then tuen it 90degrees and have the J
catch the seal lip. However either the seal lip would pierce or the bike
spoke bend would straighten, but the seal would not move.

So much trouble for what I thought shoudl have been a relatively easy
seal-pop-out...

Anyone has suggestions for what to do?

I could use a drift and try to collapse the seal outer ring, but I'm adraid
a slip would make me strike the drive shaft just on the surface where the
seal rides.

Thanks for any tips or ideas.

Martin (and '82 Westy 1.9TD "Poppie")