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    impeller spins freely, cannot unscrew it

    Hi Chris, I guess you may be right, and they could be standard parts, but, returning from my Tai-Chi course this morning, I stopped by a pool shop and showed the parts, with all the references:. In my presence, he called the manufacturer (who does not respond to my mails, ...), and made sure I...
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    impeller spins freely, cannot unscrew it

    Hi, everyone, the radical idea was indeed the right thing to do! I thought it would be a piece of cake, well yes, until the last bit. Let me review that: In figure 1: no comments, as I said previously, it looks very much like any other impeller. Figure 2: I used a cutting disc for metals, I...
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    impeller spins freely, cannot unscrew it

    to Chris: the pictures I could take now don't show much. Actually, they show nothing. However, I am relieved to hear form Sammy and Dave that my radical solution may be the only way around the problem, and I am relieved to hear that someone else has had the same problem. I suspect that the...
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    impeller spins freely, cannot unscrew it

    I am french, and live in the South of France, my pool (and the pump) are 12 years old. The pump is spanish made (ESPA, Silen 50M), good quality (about $300) for a power of only 0.5HP. The pump is not leaking, the motor spins without any noise (bearings in good conditions, I suppose), but no...