Bent bracket on raw water pump is $140? Seriously?

[aquafresshness]

Can anybody tell my why my raw water pump bracket is bent? And more importantly... why the new part costs $140?

It's part #8 on this parts list. Rather than holding the pump at the starboard side of the pulley, it's bent back over the top now.

http://www.volvopentastore.com/Seaw...ew_id.77952[ATTACH]125388._xfImport[/ATTACH]7

 

[Don S]

Re: Bent bracket on raw water pump is $140? Seriously?

Can anybody tell my why my raw water pump bracket is bent?

I would bet someone was trying to get the pump housing off and couldn't find the bolt and just went he-man on it and bent it out of the way.

And more importantly... why the new part costs $140?

That you would have to take up with Volvo, no one here has been asked to set part prices for Volvo.

 

[aquafresshness]

Re: Bent bracket on raw water pump is $140? Seriously?

Nope, nobody went Heman. It happened while the engine was running, because it wasn't like that before I left the dock for the day and was bent by the time I came back in the afternoon.

I'm thinking maybe the bearing is bad and bound up at one point. Unfortunate.

Well, I guess it might be time to get a new raw water pump. Pretty sad that this is my third one in 5 years and it's a $500 repair to do it this time myself with the bracket bent now.

 

[aquafresshness]

Re: Bent bracket on raw water pump is $140? Seriously?

egh

 

[aquafresshness]

Re: Bent bracket on raw water pump is $140? Seriously?



Finally got my pump off. It looks like the bearing crashed from all the rust in there. Most likely caused by salt water back when it had a small little leak in Florida. I'm assuming the bearing seized up while I was on plane the other day and separated the pump into 2 pieces that I've never seen come apart before. That's also what bent my rod.

Well Don, looks like I'm ending up having to get a new pump in the end after everything.