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Old 08-20-2014, 12:34 PM
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Originally Posted by leathermang View Post
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TCane and I spent an hour taking a PS nut off a car he bought ....with oxy acet and many heatings and lots of force..... that is when we found out it was tapered...
OK so you have verified the PS nut is tapered. Usually a taper is used for an application where precise timing is needed such as in a VW camshaft or injection pump shaft. Why was a taper used for the Mercedes PS pump?
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