1WildII said:
.... As for any damage I just finger tightened the bolts and tries jiggling it, then I decided that wasnt a good idea, so I should be good 2 go.
Chris
You get a gold star for the day. Your right, it isn't a good idea, fact, forcing these things is a very, very bad idea.
25:1 you didn't damage
the pump. Odds are probably more in your favor.
You'll still want to replace the seal, should do that anyhow.
Many years ago I went over to a GM dealership on a saturday to help a girl friends brother replace her Nissan Sentras clutch. I got there late (I kept her up late working up enough exhaustion to go to sleep
).
He was bolting the bell when I got there. Couldn't get it to seat correctly, my trying to fit in and not ruffle feathers I didn't quiz him.
I was taking the breath to ask him to lower the car or get a ladder so I could crawl in and hit the pedal to release the disk when he slapped his air ratchet on the bolts and ran them home. It was a mind twist, it was a horror, it was one of those things where I couldn't scream for him to stop.
He was a ASE and GM certified mechanic
Geez, I wonder why the clutch made noise and there was a vibration in the pedal.?
So when you wrote "I tried tightening the bolts and it was almost on" you can imagine what was going through my mind. Finger or breaker bar tight?
What I wrote about the Ex GFs brother? That was about the last time I kept my mouth shut.