APRILIA SCARABEO 500 2008 Service Station Manual page 224

Engine
- Remove the six screws and the pump cover.
- With an 8-mm wrench, unscrew the water pump
rotor.
- Use two flat blade screwdrivers, and place them
as shown in the figure so as to lever on the marked
crankcase edge and disassemble the overall seal-
ing, pressure-fitted on the rotor shaft.
CAUTION
USE TEFLON AS SHOWN IN THE FIGURE SO
AS NOT TO DAMAGE THE WATER PUMP COV-
ER SEALING SURFACE.
SMALL SCRATCHES ON THE SEATING EDGE
DO NOT PRESENT ANY FUNCTIONAL PROB-
LEM.
- Change the position of the screwdrivers if nec-
essary.
- Upon disassembling the seal, the ceramic may
split.
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SCARABEO 500