Water Pump User Manual

Mounting the gearbox

Close-coupled assembly

• Using the appropriate lifting equipment, to ensure the correct lining up of the gear motor unit

to the housing flange it is important to ensure that the gear motor unit is in the correct position

on the sling, both horizontally and in relation to the fixing holes

Figure 8

• Once the gear motor unit and the pump housing flanges are lined up correctly the fixing bolts

and washers are pushed into position. The bolts are positioned so that the bolt head is

situated inside the pump housing

Note: The washer under the bolt head should be replaced with a copper or nylon washer if a

vacuum unit is to be applied

• Fit the 4 nuts and washers on to the bolts and tighten the nuts evenly to the required torque

settings in Appendix D

Rotor Assembly

• Take note of measurement across the NARROW part of the shoe (VF10/15 only)to ensure

correct rotor setting in accordance with the table on page 26

• Take the rotor shoes and tap the split dowels into position, then loosely bolt the shoe onto the

rotor