Just replaced my Pentair Pinnacles Motor with a Century motor that is supposed to be a direct replacement Amazon.com: Pentair Pinnacle 1HP 342854 Replacement Motor Kit AO Smith USQ1102 w/GO-KIT-24: Garden & Outdoor . I was contemplating replacing the motor or buying a new pump. At the price of $150 for the new motor and not a lot of room to re-do the plumbing on my existing set up I went with just replacing the pump motor.
Everything seemed to go ok with the replacement but i did have a few questions once the install was complete.
1) The new motor did not have a whole in the end of the shaft to install the impeller locking screw once the impeller was threaded back on. I dont know which direction the impeller spins and if it spins the same direction of the threads it could be an issue. Is this intentional or could this be an issue?
2) When putting the diffuser back on 2 of the 3 screws locked down tight while the last screw did not. It seems tight but continues to turn so it is probably stripped. I am not sure the force exerted on the diffuser and if this is something i need to worry about?
Thanks!
Everything seemed to go ok with the replacement but i did have a few questions once the install was complete.
1) The new motor did not have a whole in the end of the shaft to install the impeller locking screw once the impeller was threaded back on. I dont know which direction the impeller spins and if it spins the same direction of the threads it could be an issue. Is this intentional or could this be an issue?
2) When putting the diffuser back on 2 of the 3 screws locked down tight while the last screw did not. It seems tight but continues to turn so it is probably stripped. I am not sure the force exerted on the diffuser and if this is something i need to worry about?
Thanks!