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Old 03-07-2010, 11:47 PM   #1
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Having a *&^ time getting the stock impeller off?

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Re: Having a *&^ time getting the stock impeller off?

You put it in a vice with a big bar yet?
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Re: Having a *&^ time getting the stock impeller off?

Impact gun would be my next step.
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Re: Having a *&^ time getting the stock impeller off?

Turning it the right way???
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Re: Having a *&^ time getting the stock impeller off?

a 4 ft cheater pipe on a long breaker bar got mine off finally, holding the pump in a large vise.
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Re: Having a *&^ time getting the stock impeller off?

heat my son get a propane torch and heat it up , i am a boiler mechanic and take off fittings that were installed a 100 years ago -, without heat they will not come off i just did a x2 and it was hard a little heat and off it came good luck, you dont have to burn anything heat in the middle of prop with a small tip flame if you have or a normal propane torch for plumbing

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