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Originally Posted by sixto
. . . Disintegrating bearings leads to catastrophic failure but the seal behind the front cover gets deformed and leads to an annoying front end leak. Should be a simple matter to straighten the tabs and have a look inside the pump to determine why it's not rebuildable. . .
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An interesting point. What is it that makes the 617-type vacuum pump rebuildable and the later 603-type not? Is it that no one ever bothered to offer a kit? Or is it really something different about the pump? (I've never had a 617 pump off to look inside.)
Jeremy
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