trick to reinstalling the oil pump drive shaft

[cutlass1991]

I can't get the thing to go back in all the way. It needs to go down just a little bit more.. does it need tapped in, or should it just drop into place?

[dbtk2]

You just need to twist it and push it and it should drop in pretty easily. I wouldn't tap it in.

 

Shawn

[Crazy K]

ditto

[cutlass1991]

so far i have been putting it in, then pulling it out, then turning it a small amount.. this requires more skill than trying to get a girl to orgasm...

 

 

 

on the times it drops in, i can feel it connect with the gear and slides in fine, but it is just not going in deep enough. it looks like maybe a 1/4 inch more or so that it has to go

[digitaloutsider]

Use the little metal brace that goes around it to push it down the rest of the way as you put the bolt in.

[cutlass1991]

got it. thank you!