Hi,
It sound like your belt was on too tight.
I was informed by a marine mechanic that for this pump, one should be careful
not to tighten the belt too much, and that it is better to have it a bit loose.
The reason is that the water pump on the 2QM15(and some other smaller
yanmars) have s
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> Hi Ed
> I'm assuming the pulley was on tight. Did you verify that the pull
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Hi Ed
I'm assuming the pulley was on tight. Did you verify that the pulley
was properly aligned with the
Hi Ed
I'm assuming the pulley was on tight. Did you verify that the pulley
was properly aligned with the drive pulley? If something was off there
(maybe a spacer on the shaft in the wrong place, for example) it would
put an offset load on the pulley.
Graham Collins
Secret Plans
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I rebuilt the spare water pump. New seals, new bearings. All went back together
with no apparent glitches. After no more than 2 hours of operation, the shaft
has reamed the pulley to an almost perfect circle and the pulley likewise wore
the shaft so that it is no longer notched to fit in an unda
