Motor runs...just not when connected to the pump :(

[Dmcdorman]

Centurion 7-168453-24 and a Challenger Pentair pump

Motor quit turning....I took it apart from the pump...hooked it back up to electricity and it spun like a top.

Reassembled and greased everything and...nada. It wants to turn...it's making a noise. With a touch of a screwdriver to the impeller it spins like it's supposed too. Bought a seal kit. Haven't hooked it all back together due to the binding? Issue. Or is it just the pump is toast?

Help please for a newbie pool owner and expert tinkerer.

Thank you!!! Dan

 

[lefty51]

Hello and Welcome to TFP,

When you had the motor off did you check to see that pump (not the motor) turned freely with no binding ? If the pump turns freely I would suspect motor being bad. An electric motor can turn with no load on it but still be bad

Hope that helps. Let us know what you find out