installing billet oil pump gears
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installing billet oil pump gears
so... after quite a long time (i got them with the original group buy) i am finally ready to install my boundary engineering pump gears.
i dont want to sound like too much of a but i figured this is a question worth asking. Obviously the oil pump is pretty darn critical... does anyone have a reccomendation as to exactly which brand/type of RTV i should use?
I generally use the permatex ultra black for oil pans, and the ultra grey when assembling transmission cases... but i've never actually assembled anything that faces such high pressures as an oil pump housing.
i appreciate any helpful responses!
i dont want to sound like too much of a but i figured this is a question worth asking. Obviously the oil pump is pretty darn critical... does anyone have a reccomendation as to exactly which brand/type of RTV i should use?
I generally use the permatex ultra black for oil pans, and the ultra grey when assembling transmission cases... but i've never actually assembled anything that faces such high pressures as an oil pump housing.
i appreciate any helpful responses!
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ah ok i searched around before posting this and found one post that seemed to be related. re-reading it now they are talking about between the block and the oil pump... my bad. even still, there is a paper gasket there not RTV so i'm not sure whats up with that.
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there is a paper gasket for the pump to block, but no gasket between the steel pump cover and the pump housing (i'm looking at the pump right now).
having some slight issues with clearances on the new gears, i'm gonna shoot travis a PM...
having some slight issues with clearances on the new gears, i'm gonna shoot travis a PM...
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both the stock gears are 0.371" thick, the new inner gear is perfect at 0.371" but the outer is 0.3675". this makes the side clearance on the outer gear 8.5 thou (it's 5 thou with the stock gears). the spec is 5.5 thou max so i'm not sure what to do... i'll see what travis says .
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