Service Manual

DisassemblingtheGearPump
Note:Thegearpumpmustbereplacedasacompleteassembly.Individual
gears,housings,andthrustplatesarenotavailableseparately.Disassemblethe
gearpumpforcleaning,inspection,andsealreplacementonly.
IMPORTANT
Keepbodies,gears,anges,andthrustplatesforeachpumpsection
together;donotmixthepartsbetweenthepumpsections.
1.Plugthepumpportsandcleantheoutersurfaceofthepumpwithcleaning
solvent.Ensurethattheworkareaisclean.
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Figure155
1.Diagonalline
2.Useamarkertomakeadiagonallineacrossthegearpumpforassembly
purposes(Figure155).
IMPORTANT
Usecautionwhenclampingthegearpumpinavisetoavoid
distortinganypumpcomponents.
3.Securethefrontcoverofthepumpinavisewiththedriveshaftpointingdown.
4.Loosenthe2bolts(item21inFigure154)and2nutsthatsecuresthepump
assembly.
5.Removethepumpfromtheviseandremovethefasteners.
6.Supportthepumpassemblyandgentlytapthepumpcasewithasoft-faced
hammertoloosenthepumpsections.Donotdropthepartsordisengage
thegearmesh.
IMPORTANT
Marktherelativepositionsofthegearteethandthrustplatessothat
youcanbeassembletheminthesameposition.Donottouchthe
gearsurfacesasresidueonhandsmaybecorrosivetogearnish.
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