Ceramic Pool Pump Seal Installation

This is a genuine polaris part and it was the oem replacement seal for a polaris pb4 60 booster pump.

Ceramic pool pump seal installation.

It comes with installation manual for the polaris booster pump as well. Note the way the spring seal is on the shaft as it will need to be re installed the same way. To get at it disconnect the electricity supply to the pump at the circuit box. If the pool pump diffuser came out with the assembly pull the diffuser off the assembly.

Do this with clean hands. Check the owner s manual to find out if the pool must be drained for pump repairs. Keep the rubber varshal part towards the plate and the ceramic side facing opposite to the motor. You can also push it out from behind instead using a screwdriver knock out the old ceramic seal.

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. Be careful not to damage the plastic of the seal plate. The pool pump seal is inside the pool pump motor. The newer pumps have a ceramic seal with a smaller inner diameter.

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. Open up the pool pump cover and lift the motor and its bracket out of the way of the impeller a rotating blade assembly. You may have to pry it off gently with a screwdriver. Gently push the seal s ceramic portion into the plate of the seal.

Polaris pb4 60 booster pool pump seal volute shaft o ring leak repair kit. Remove the old seal assembly using a pair of channel locks pull off the old pump spring seal from the motor shaft. Developed in response to questions regularly asked by t. One part the white ceramic seal on the seal plate on the shaft and the other the spring seal on the pump impeller.

Choose the correct seal for your water chemistry pool spa seals typically contain buna elastomers a phenolic plastic carbon and ceramic mating ring. The two parts of the pool pump shaft seal should now be visible. Now you will see the pool pump impeller. The shaft seal is behind the impeller so you will now have to remove the impeller.