How do you remove the empellor from the motor
First off, are you sure it's the shaft seal leaking and not the Valute (the large o-ring or seal that is in between to two halves of the pump) seal? To clarify, if you get your head down and look at the bottom of the pump while it's running you should be able to see the water coming from the joint between the seal plate, and the seal plate housing, or just behind that from the bottom of the motor probably from the vent holes in the motor housing.
Now to answer your question, assuming it is the shaft seal leaking.... You may have already done some of these steps, if so, sorry - just ignore, but it may help others. To get to the impeller, you need to split the pump into two (the wet end from the dry end) This is done by either removing a large clamp, or removing 4 to 6 bolts depending on the pump. (I'm not talking about the 4 bolts that hold the motor to the seal plate, those come later see below) Once you do this the Motor, seal plate, impeller and diffuser will all pull back away from the front of the pump. At this point it's best to disconnect the electric and remove the whole assembly so you can work on a table or bench. Before removing the impeller you need to remove the diffuser which is screwed over the impeller onto the seal plate with 3-6 small screws. To remove the impeller you need to lock the motor and just unscrew impeller. Depending on the motor, you remove a cap in the middle of the tail piece and hold with a wrench, or remove a cap that covers the whole end and grab the shaft with a wrench (usually 7/16") by sliding it under one of the components (not sure exact part off top of my head have to look at it) and then turning impeller. If the impeller has a bolt or screw in the middle remove that first. It should be reverse thread so make sure you don't turn the wrong way and break or strip. If there is no screw, or after you've removed it, just spin the impeller off (it should be counter clockwise standard thread). If you can't do it by hand and assuming you don't have an impeller wrench, be very careful and use a large pliers, pipe wrench, or strap wrench to loosen it. After that you unbolt the motor from the seal plate, pull the seal plate away from motor (this removes half the seal), and then pop the other half of the seal from the seal plate. One thing to note and/or clarify... in your description you said you have the "4" screws loose... As I mentioned above, most pumps have either a large clamp or 6 bolts holding the two halves of the pump together. In your case I believe it's bolts. Some have 4, but most have 6. Then there also 4 bolts that hold the motor to the seal plate. Just want to clarify that you split the pump in two and remove the diffuser, and impeller, before removing the motor from the seal plate. I haven't worked on a Waterway in awhile, but there are basically the same as many other pumps. You may have 4 bolts, just wanted to clarify from the motor mounting bolts. If something looks different on your pump from my description let me know by leaving a comment and I'll clarify asap. Good Luck!
9/19/2010 8:12:53 PM •
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on Sep 19, 2010
