Water pump spindle bush

[tinweevil]

Anyone got any hints for removal of this little delight? I can't detect the slightest ridge at the bottom to even begin getting something behind.<br>
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Found I've already got 2 new ones in stock so I've been here before.<br>
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(part no 145022, P02-41 of parts book, incorrectly described as distributor spindle bush in index)<br>
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Tinweevil<br>


<p>1978 Dolomite Sprint<br>
1968 GT6 II<br>
1972 Spitfire IV<br>
</p><i></i>

[alun n]

...drill out one side of the bush opposite the existing split and it will collapse into two halves<br>
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or<br>
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fill it with grease and use a dowell the same diameter as the pump shaft to hydraulically drift it out

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[tinweevil]

Alun, I owe you a beer.<br>
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Option A I didn't fancy, too hard to control the swarf. I thought I couldn't do any harm with the hydraulic approach, just clean out the grease and leave the old bush in if it didn't work. In fact it worked like magic.<br>
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Cheers<br>
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Tinweevil

<p>1978 Dolomite Sprint<br>
1968 GT6 II<br>
1972 Spitfire IV<br>
</p><i></i>