257cc Linhai Water Pump Worries By 2stroked (Read 293 times)

[2stroked]

Help!!!!! While replacing the water pump gasket on my Cyprus, I noticed that the water pump impeller would spin free on its drive shaft and the shaft would spin free of it. I immediately thought the pump was bad si I removed it I noticed that it was a rebuild able unit so I took it apart. Then I noticed that it has some type of spring loaded clutch thing under the impeller.

Do these things work differently than the water pumps on a car? Do these need water pressure to engage that clutch thing? Or, do I need to get a rebuild kit or new pump?mmm

[jct842]

Get the kit. Impellers do not work spinning free.

[2stroked]

It has a spring loaded clutch type thing under it That thing actually reminds me if a Torque Driver. I can see wear patterns where it was spinning on the impeller. It had to have been working some, as the bike never over heated......I simply noticed the leak one day...
I have ordered the entire pump, its the same damn price so buy the kit when the while thing us available rim the same supplier as the kit for he same price? Ain't nothing about this damn pump makes any sense.....