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Install The New Shaft & Bearings

Just like you removed it you can install it with a block of wood and a hammer. Please be careful to make sure your bearings & shaft are 90 degrees to the base of the pump before tapping them home. You do not want to try and tap them in crooked.


If your bearing press-fit into the pump housing is tight you will want to come up with a way to press on the outer bearing races that meet the pump body. This takes the pressure off the bearings and inner race. This pump was not a horribly tight fit so the block of wood worked fine.

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Rudi B. 02-Apr-2015 22:16
If the fit is tight, you can again cool the shaft and bearing assembly in the freezer and the pump housing in the oven.
Brian R Clare 26-Aug-2012 22:47
The new bearings should be driven in on the outer part of the bearing, not inner or shaft. So as to not damage the race surfaces.