GEEZR Posted August 19, 2006 Report Share Posted August 19, 2006 What a sickening discovery. I've just recently removed my clutch cover to inspect the water impeller and the ball bearing is not only blueish in color , but it does'nt even turn. The plastic gear teeth are OK , but the small grooves for the pin are stripped. Man, that bearing is blitzed!! Has anyone ever replaced their water impeller bearing ? And what kind of nightmare was it to extract it? Thanks for any info. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigRed350x Posted August 19, 2006 Report Share Posted August 19, 2006 What a sickening discovery. I've just recently removed my clutch cover to inspect the water impeller and the ball bearing is not only blueish in color , but it does'nt even turn. The plastic gear teeth are OK , but the small grooves for the pin are stripped. Man, that bearing is blitzed!! Has anyone ever replaced their water impeller bearing ? And what kind of nightmare was it to extract it? Thanks for any info. You are actually the first person I have heard of that has had that little guy fail. I have no idea what its like to replace it. Shouldn't be too hard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woodro77 Posted August 19, 2006 Report Share Posted August 19, 2006 ITS EASY TO REPLACE ,JUST KNOCK IT OUT FROM THE OUTSIDE IN ,MIGHT MESS UP THE SEAL SO BUY A NEW ONE IN ADVANCE Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bansh03 Posted August 19, 2006 Report Share Posted August 19, 2006 (edited) It also helps to heat up the casing around the bearing to get the old bearing out and the new one in. Edited August 19, 2006 by bansh03 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dajogejr Posted August 19, 2006 Report Share Posted August 19, 2006 While you're at it....get a new aluminum impeller, too...that junk stock plastic one won't be too far behind it.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigRed350x Posted August 19, 2006 Report Share Posted August 19, 2006 While you're at it....get a new aluminum impeller, too...that junk stock plastic one won't be too far behind it.... I second that motion! I run the billet impeller and kept my plastic junk as a spare if something ever happened. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dajogejr Posted August 19, 2006 Report Share Posted August 19, 2006 I second that motion! I run the billet impeller and kept my plastic junk as a spare if something ever happened. Great minds think alike... :beer: Someone that got out of banshees years ago had a billet one laying around...so, I figured since I'm spending all this money on my cub....etc., why chance it with a cheap, flimsy plastic impeller...prone to go sooner or later! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bansh-eman Posted August 19, 2006 Report Share Posted August 19, 2006 It also helps to heat up the casing around the bearing to get the old bearing out and the new one in. there is no reason to heat the metal up to extract that bearing. go spend like 20 bucks and get a bearing removal kit. that bearing is ez to get out but you will messup your seal... also get some assembly grease to help put the new seal back in...and dont thorw out your old seal just yet your going to use it to guide your new seal in... once you get the old shit out do this to put new ones in. put small amount of assemb grease on the inside of where the seal goes and on the seal, put the seal in as far as you can trying to keep it flat, once it stops put the old seal ontop of the new one and tap with a hammer to push the new seal all the way in. it HAS to be all the way in or you will get a leak.if you do a search i had this problem before and showed pict of it. once the seal is all the way in you can push th new bearing in with ease. and reassemble the other parts. the biggest pain is the seal its a very tight fit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GEEZR Posted August 19, 2006 Author Report Share Posted August 19, 2006 Thanks to all for this great advice. Good idea to keep the cheezy plastic impeller just for backup beacause I'd like to gat one of those aluminum pro design ones. You know, It's funny, the impeller was white in color when I bought the bike new in 96' , now it's green from the coolant. :baseball_shocked: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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