Removing Impeller

[501pool]

Thank you @1poolman1!
I ended up with the Variable Speed V-Green 165 Pool Pump Replacement Motor, 1.65 from Inyo and a new salt water compatible pump seal kit.

Any advice on getting my existing impeller off without damaging it? I have watched multiple videos on removing them from Hayward motors, but none of them have the rear cooling fan like mine. Having trouble getting the existing SP2610-C to come off.

 

[1poolman1]

Thank you @1poolman1!
I ended up with the Variable Speed V-Green 165 Pool Pump Replacement Motor, 1.65 from Inyo and a new salt water compatible pump seal kit.

Any advice on getting my existing impeller off without damaging it? I have watched multiple videos on removing them from Hayward motors, but none of them have the rear cooling fan like mine. Having trouble getting the existing SP2610-C to come off.

A strap wrench on the impeller should work. Wrap the strap around the outer edge of the impeller. You should be able to jam the fan with a large screwdriver. Or, use another strap wrench. You're not worried about damaging the old motor so you don't have to be gentle on the fan. There may be an opening in the shaft at the center of the fan for a 5/16" Allen wrench to hold the shaft, most of the fan-cooled motors have something like that. With an Allen wrench it sometimes takes a short piece of PVC pipe to act as an extension to get the leverage need to hold the shaft.