I am in the middle of replacing a VP44 on a friends truck. I was removing the puller from the gear after the pump was removed. The gear seemed to move quite a bit and now i dont know if it can acctually jump time with the cover still in place or not. Can some one please help me with this so i can put the pump back in this thing...or am i going to have to pull the fnt cover to get the gear back in time? I just dont see the gear having that much play and comming free from the other gear. And the directions and people i taked to never said anything about moving the gear....so i dont think its a big deal. Thanks!

 

I'm giving you a bump for those who look at the most recent posts. Anyone?

 

Isn't the shaft for the VP a keyed shaft? If it is, you should be able to line up the keyway from one to the other.

 

No big deal dan!!! press on you're doin fine!!! The gear will not move enough to "jump" timing.

 

That is what i needed to hear. I just didn’t want to ASSume on this billion dollar (grossly exaggerated!) install! Thanks for the bumps and info!

Dan