Oil Pump Assembly: Disassembly
- To remove metal sealing rings, first unhooking small ring ends with needle nose pliers. Carefully remove rings from front of pump housing. Unhook large ring ends and remove rings from housing.
- Remove thrust washer from front of pump housing. Hold cover plate tight against housing (plate is under spring tension). Remove cover plate screws and cover plate.
- Remove the 7/16" (11 mm) check ball and spring. Withdraw pump drive plate. Mark pump gears for reassembly reference and remove gears. See Fig 1
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