Ceramic Pool Pump Seal Installation

Remove the old seal assembly using a pair of channel locks pull off the old pump spring seal from the motor shaft.

Ceramic pool pump seal installation.

Before installation you should keep in mind to avoid touching the ceramic seal with a greasy or metallic unit as it can damage its purity. You can also push it out from behind instead using a screwdriver knock out the old ceramic seal. Choose the correct seal for your water chemistry pool spa seals typically contain buna elastomers a phenolic plastic carbon and ceramic mating ring. Note the way the spring seal is on the shaft as it will need to be re installed the same way.

Open up the pool pump cover and lift the motor and its bracket out of the way of the impeller a rotating blade assembly. If the pool pump diffuser came out with the assembly pull the diffuser off the assembly. This combination of materials works well in applications where small amounts of chlorine are scattered over the surface of a pool or spa and are diluted long before they reached the pump and. The shaft seal is behind the impeller so you will now have to remove the impeller.

Now you will see the pool pump impeller. You may have to pry it off gently with a screwdriver. Check the owner s manual to find out if the pool must be drained for pump repairs. Andy gives a short video tutorial on how to change a leaking mechanical seal on a swimming pool pump.

Developed in response to questions regularly asked by t. Be careful not to damage the plastic of the seal plate. This is a genuine polaris part and it was the oem replacement seal for a polaris pb4 60 booster pump. One part the white ceramic seal on the seal plate on the shaft and the other the spring seal on the pump impeller.

The pool pump seal is inside the pool pump motor. Gently push the seal s ceramic portion into the plate of the seal. Do this with clean hands. To get at it disconnect the electricity supply to the pump at the circuit box.

Keep the rubber varshal part towards the plate and the ceramic side facing opposite to the motor. The two parts of the pool pump shaft seal should now be visible. Zodiac r0479400 new style ceramic and carbon mechanical shaft seal replacement for select zodiac jandy pool and spa pumps 4 5 out of 5 stars 51 17 40 17. The newer pumps have a ceramic seal with a smaller inner diameter.