Water pump is cakewalk to reseal. I spent more time getting the belt off than pulling the pump <img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt='
'> I just resealled mine, there wasn't any play in the shaft, still spun smoothly. Saw no reason to replace it.