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Originally Posted by v8volvo

When reinstalling be sure to take extra care it is sitting square to the engine in all contact locations, and not bolted down under any kind of tension. They break if subjected to stress but that stress can be avoided. A good method is to tighten all 4 bolts gently, and then go through a patient process of loosening then retightening the upper 3 bolts, then loosening and retightening the one lower bolt at the water pump, then doing the upper ones again, then the lower one, again, and repeating this pattern back and forth until you do not see the bracket move at all when working with the bolts. That means it has found an unstressed position and won't be subjected to the excessive forces that would cause it to break again.

This is a good candidate for a sticky.