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Broken water pump....

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Dave H (MI)

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...from the C50 chevy is in the scrap pile. Saw it sitting there and wondered if it was fixable or if someplace takes them and rebuilds them? The brand new one with all fittings was less than $50. Even so, it just seems a shame to throw it out. Once these things go bad is that the end of the road for them? It had a wobble in the fan shaft and was dripping coolant.

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Seems to me that we used to trade them when we got a new one - a "core exchange" like with a starter or alternator. Don't know if they still do that.
 
No core charge on the pump I bought. It had been at NAPA a long time judging by the dust. I think the first one I ordered did though.
 
Water pumps are assembled by people. They can be taken apart and repaired by people. Problem is most mechanics can't do this now days. Plus it takes a lot of time, which will add to the repair cost.It's better to buy one off the shelf. There is a business in Arizona that will supply bearings, and seals with a sample for water pumps. I bought the parts for my 1939 AC Model M. These pumps haven't been made since the early days, no one around here rebuilds pumps anymore. Stan
 
The reason for a core charge is to give the rebuilder money to buy another rebuildable core if you do not give them one.

With that said shipping has gotten so cheap it is cheaper and easier to just buy already rebuilt parts from a place that specializes in rebuilding parts than to rebuild it yourself.
 
I would put that one in the box from the Chinese one and keep it on the shelf. Then you have a genuine GM casting to rebuild when the Chinese one craps out.
 
That's a short water pump for a small block Chevy. It can be rebuilt fairly easily if you have a fixture to push out the bearings. The fixture is quite pricey, however.
 
Commercial pump houston texas. They have rebuild several pumps for me . seem to have all parts, good service.
 
Not worth the shipping, tear down, clean up, evaluate, repair...

More profit in mass producing new ones in China.

Back in the day when they were rebuilt, the quality became unacceptable toward the end.

I would only install new ones unless the customer brought his own.

Then the warranty was on him, not me. Also the liability if it broke and ate the radiator, or worse!
 
That is where the downfall is ship chicom stuff no rebuilding,cores hit recycle.profit dies in chicom crap and we dont have cores to rebuild viola fine machine older but fine needs 1 simple part but its useless
 
(quoted from post at 02:15:08 08/23/19) Not worth the shipping, tear down, clean up, evaluate, repair...

More profit in mass producing new ones in China.

Back in the day when they were rebuilt, the quality became unacceptable toward the end.

I would only install new ones unless the customer brought his own.

Then the warranty was on him, not me. Also the liability if it broke and ate the radiator, or worse!
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Arrow rebuilt parts were the worst of the bunch...
 
The simple facts about repairing, rebuilding, and refurbishing parts. There is simply not enough markup in the finished part to cover the cost of labor/parts in repairing it.

A water pump (for an example) may take an hour to rebuild. In the process it gets cleaned up and refinished. At current shop rates of over $100 per hour, that pump would have to sell for at least the cost of labor, parts, and materials. That would put it in the over $100 price range. A new one costs how much?

Pretty much the same thing with repairing versus replacing appliances. Fixing a $1500 refrigerator is feasible. Repairing a $300 refrigerator is not. Fixing a $30 toaster or a $40 mixer is simply out of the question. The cost of an evaluation already exceeded the cost of a replacement.

Sorry to say, this is the world we live in these days.
 
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