(04-02-2017 )Hammerhead Wrote: (04-01-2017 )Brock Wrote: Shimming the oil pump is simple. Rawze has a video and hammer did a good writeup about it. He also put a spinner on but said it's pretty much useless.
Oh I wouldn't say it's pretty much useless, it's just that with @m*m^2 the damn oil stays so clean there really isn't anything to remove from the oil.
The little bit of film that was there after 3 months had very high concentrations of soot and did contain wear metals, so I'd say it is doing its job.
Yes, I shimmed my oil pump with 8 US dimes.
It's an easy procedure;
-drop the pan
-remove the one oil pump mounting bolt blocking the "dogbone"
-remove the cotter pin
-catch the assembly, it will pop when the cotter pin clears the opening
-remove the spring
-install dimes in the dogbone
-insert spring into dogbone recess, and reassemble in reverse. You will need a 3/8 drive extension to push the Assy back in place due to the increased spring pressure
-verify torque spec in quickserve. Mine says 41 ft/lbs, but it is your responsibility to verify yours!
My write up on the spinner part is post 71 here: http://rawze.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=108&page=8
The write up on the oil pump shimming procedure is older and is no longer available
you shim to get higher oil pressure?
is so how much ? how is yours?
