Cat water pump bearing
I have a 2000 Itasca Horizon DP with 3126B Cat 300 engine. I have been very happy with the coach and engine/trans with one exception. The water pump bearing on the engine has a grease serk (sp) that i...
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for those of you who have the CAT, that bearing is 2 inches wide, and is heavy duty. Even if the bearing let go, it does not go though the CAC. Yes you can pay upto 3000, but most of the $$ goes to the service shop labor.
And there are not as many failure as told by people Vs CAT engines on the market. For $60 you can go to any CAT and purchase a new bearing to keep on hand.
However to remove it, the bearing has to be pressed out and back in. A good electric motor rebuild show can do the pressing.
Freightliner Gaffney, usually only like to change the complete housing assembly. But for me,, they removed the housing and I went in search of a place to press out and back in of the bearing. That is where the electric motor shop came in.
And while you are at the CAT shop, need your engine serial number, ask for the image showing the assembly.
And NO, I did not have a failure, I was having the fan replace do to some nicks. I figured, while they were doing that, FL could remove the housing.
And there are not as many failure as told by people Vs CAT engines on the market. For $60 you can go to any CAT and purchase a new bearing to keep on hand.
However to remove it, the bearing has to be pressed out and back in. A good electric motor rebuild show can do the pressing.
Freightliner Gaffney, usually only like to change the complete housing assembly. But for me,, they removed the housing and I went in search of a place to press out and back in of the bearing. That is where the electric motor shop came in.
And while you are at the CAT shop, need your engine serial number, ask for the image showing the assembly.
And NO, I did not have a failure, I was having the fan replace do to some nicks. I figured, while they were doing that, FL could remove the housing.
