Water pump.
Water pump.
On my Red Commander I have engineered some additional support to the pump spindle.I have installed a plain bronze bearing in the impeller cover which supports an extension to the pump spindle which is threaded onto the original spindle.Also have removed the inner seals from the two ball bearings & provided a supply pipe & external grease nipple to allow for the bearings to be regularly charged with fresh EP2 grease.So far have covered 200 miles & all is well.Need to do at least 6,000 miles to see if this cures the rusting/seizing/collapsing spindle support ball bearings scenario which causes the water pump seal to fail prematurely.Derek F.