air pump not turning?
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Just a quick air pump failure story. My pump seized on the car, it made the car seem like the battery was just weak enough it wouldn't turn over. So I bumped started it down an incline then whack!!!!!!!!!! The damn pulley was torn clean off the smog pump. I can't remember what was lodged in there but it was definately never going to pump air ever again. I don't know if anyone else ever has experienced this.
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It does spin freely now, but in one spot in the rotation, it hangs a bit. I know it pumps air, but I'm not sure if it is supposed to do that, or if part of it is still seized a little.
Last edited by samsonb; Jul 30, 2009 at 06:49 PM.
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So, I'll check that out before I take it home. If the threads are different. I won't take it, and I'll call Cardone to see what the thread pitch is and see if I can find a replacement bolt. If that didn't work, I could always swap the back of the pump out.
