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Originally Posted by washington blue
I studied the water pump quite a bit. Wishing I could cut it off, if you look on the back side of the pulley the threaded pipe does not extend beyond the black stamped pulley's back side. Cutting it off would leave about 1/4 inch of threaded pipe pressed onto the water pump shaft. Is this enough? Would it ever work lose? I have absolutely no answers for this but, I do not want to be broke down on the road so I moved the radiator forward 1/2 an inch and it is good now. I also considered getting an aftermarket fan which would have given me 2 full inches of room as they are much slimmer..... Bosco I have pictures of your pickup on my shop wall for inspiration. Yours is how my wife wants ours too look when it's done. Thanks for looking norm
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Thanks for the compliment. I just had some work done to fine tune the doors, hood and fender alignments.
As for the water pump, mine is on a '98 Vortec engine and has 4 bolts that mount the pulley to the pump, so no issue cutting it shorter, and no issues for the past 6 months. It all depends on the engine and what pump is used before making the decision to alter the shaft length.