Hayward Super Pump Seal Replacement

Summer is just around the corner. Hopefully this video will assist someone repairing their Hayward pool pump.
The video shows how to remove the a A.O.Smith pump motor, and the steps involved to replace the mechanical seal so they dont miss a single day of summer fun!

[@TheAvatar876]

This info is exactly what I was looking for, may you live a thousand years in wealth and happiness.

[@ChiefNonsense]

Just another person that was able to knock this job out thanks to your video. Really appreciate you having taken the time to make this, man.

[@carnivore10]

Thank you!

[@barrylivingston969]

Great video Tom. You helped me get the job done and since there isn't any pool repairman within 100 miles of us you also saved me a bundle. Thanks

[@carnivore10]

Very welcome..!thank you for watching!@

[@boardwalkbrian]

Lost 1ft of water overnight and found a small lake by the hayward super pump. Found this video and called local pool store and bought go kit 3 and watched video again step by step. 2 hours later no more leaking. Thanks Carnivore10 for the video and making it no experience necessary!

[@WillBuryU]

Your video guided me through replacing my pump effortlessly. Thanks to great people like you willing to share your knowledge

[@ethelsimon2330]

Thank you so much! I'm a retired lady. Now I have the time to fix things myself. Ordered the parts and got it done with my twin sister. About 5 years ago we paid $200 for the job. We never done anything like this before. Great video You are the BEST!!!

[@carnivore10]

Thank you for your kind comments. .I'm glad it helped you..:)

[@josea.wenzelp.a.2368]

What an informative video! We had a leak coming from underneath the pump and by following your instructions were able to take the pump apart, replace the parts, and reinstall without any issues. Many thanks for the time and money that we saved!

[@harveyhollander7718]

Thank you so much for taking the time to post this. My motor died and I replaced all the seals while replacing the motor. Everything working perfectly now. Thanks again.

[@stevesteve1871]

Greatly appreciate you taking the time to make this excellent video. Did the job myself today, and your video was invaluable !

[@michaelrooney4121]

I had the 6 bolt 1hp motor but this video helped me to get the motor off I couldn't have done it without your video. Thank you!!!!

[@carnivore10]

Michael Rooney Your very welcome!

[@haroldtwilson]

Extremely helpful, especially for someone an ocean away from any reliable pool repair. Thank you!

[@Markkdale1]

Thanks again for the video, it took 35 minutes start to finish. Now if the sun will ever shine I may get to use the pool!

[@wagecoindustries]

Tell ya what, I had a bunch of schmoo in my impeller after first vacuum and this one saved me a pile of heartburn. Here's to ya!

[@carnivore10]

Lol...I'm glad it helped you.👍

[@Markkdale1]

Great Video Carnivore. It's 69 degrees in August in Alabama today so I think I will replace my seal while the pump is off! I did it a few years ago but forgot all the fine points. Thanks again for the video!

[@MichaelLynch]

Thanks for the walk-through video. It helped me replace the seals on my pump.

[@machia0705]

Superb presentation . Thank you . New Jersey , USA

[@RLBlaszak]

Nice job! Thank you for showing orientation of the seals!

[@simonmurillo5860]

thank you for the information. I learned how to work on my pool pump should I needed. Very insightful. Thanks again for taking the time to show us how is done.

[@805ROADKING]

Good job Buddy!! That thing cleaned up pretty well !! I checked my pump and it doesn't have any washers either!! They must know them pumps expand and contract so much that them bolt will stay tight!!☺

[@tobyjo57]

Thanks Tom I need to change my seals now I know what to do. Cheers for sharing

[@amungal7908]

Thanks for your excellent instructions and video on this pump.Very helpful.

[@bsoutdooradventures9541]

I am at bottom of the motor to pump housing.pool guy coming but this helps me understand this process! Thank you for share. Grateful!

[@carnivore10]

very welcome ty for watching

[@seancarroll8326]

I had no use for this information. I just got a new pump to replace my perfectly fine, 1986 model super pump. But I enjoyed the video! I am choosing to keep the old pump as a backup, but after seeing this, maybe ill do a winter project on it.

[@carnivore10]

I hope it helped you..ty!!

[@MountainNetworker]

Thanks for this excellent video Tom - best I have seen and easy to understand.

[@bud1ite]

Thanks for this info. Successfully completed my super pump restore, with new motor. I also installed a new pump housing seal. I don't recall that a new one was installed on the video.

[@jamesrickard295]

Great video saved me a bunch of money! the only issue I had was when I pulled shaft seal off the metal part on the bottom stayed on the shaft but I figured it out and twisted it off w/a set of pliers!

[@robertkomar4788]

Thanks. Got mine done. Biggest problem was getting the rusted screws out for the electrical cap. Had to drill one of them.

[@dennissmith2673]

Nice job, great video shots, no jerky camera stuff. thanks

[@jimfisher4362]

Thanks for the excellent video! Saved me lots of time.

[@natural-born_pilot]

Thanks a bunch Tom that was an excellent video and helped me get started in the right direction. Your video was easy to watch, follow and understand.

[@carnivore10]

Your very welcome. .ty for watching :)

[@adamepb]

thanks for this video. specifically mentioning that the 2 ceramic pieces mate AGAINST each other, forming a mechanical seal. I was under the impression that the rubber met the white ceramic. I rebuilt a pump last week (deep well jet pump, Sta-Rite MSG-6 2 HP) but basically the same seal arrangement. But the pump was slinging water after the build and I had trouble determining why it was leaking despite having all brand new parts. This video explained how the arrangement goes and why it goes that way. A lot of other videos on KZbin fail to mention that.Thank you!

[@carnivore10]

I glad it helped you. .thank you!

[@amirarsalanesmaeeli1574]

Great video 👌

[@poly_hexamethyl]

Thanks Tom for the fabulous video! You gave me the confidence to do it myself and we're back in the swim of things! :-)

[@dpixvid]

Great video! Bought a gasket kit and swapped them out. Video very helpful - thanks! I had to drill out 3 of the screws on the housing due to rust which took a chunk more time.

[@carnivore10]

Daniel Burke awesome Daniel...glad it helped!

[@fangorn1000]

Thank you . You are very clear in your instructions

[@theborge442]

Thanks, very good video with easy to follow instructions. Makes things easy when you know how, also saves $$$$$. Thank you.

[@ITcookY]

Thanks for the informative video. Great job.

[@davekingsley2245]

Thank You, successful replacement.

[@edzgarage]

Nice work Buddy!

[@edwardjerdonek4579]

Very Helpful! Couldn't have done it without this very informative video. Thanks for making it. Floyds Knobs, Indiana

[@carnivore10]

very welcome. .thank you for watching :)

[@jeffv3647]

Thanks for the video. This repair worked great and was step by step.

[@neohelios77]

Thank you for the great video. Easy to follow, and good info on the graphite FYI. I'm pleasantly surprised about the user-friendliness of these pumps. Removed a couple of pebbles and dead wood lodged in the impeller. Despite some basic cleaning, de-rusting , and re-greasing gaskets, my motor still gets very hot to the touch to the tune of 160-180 F, but not enough to trip the heat-protection switch (so maybe that's just normal). For now, I'll just continue to run it at night with cooler ambient temp, and less load by only opening the valves 25% to 50%; 'just' until I start to hear cavitation. Regardless, if it DOES eventually go bad, then thanks to you I now have the confidence to replace just the motor instead of the entire assembly. Thanks again!

[@timbo1163]

I've replaced a number of them over the past few years. In April 2017 I bought a brand new unit 1HP motor with pump. It started leaking July 2018. Not sure if the leak was the ceramic spring seal or the gasket but if you take them apart you might as well replace all. Considering the unit was only 16 months old I could not believe how hard it was to get the impeller off. I had an 11 MM wrench on the end of the shaft (that fits the shaft a bit tighter than the 7/16) and a strap wrench on the impeller. The 11 MM open end wrench kept bending and flying across the garage. Finally held the end with vice grips and managed to get the impeller lose. It was all downhill from there. But again...when I saw you just give the impeller a little jerk with your vice grips and it came lose..I had to laugh.

[@metalmaster8979]

That was awesome , Im very mechanically inclined, but have never done this, and actually have to repl the pump strainer housing ( cracked/old), I see this isnt too difficult, will heed to the cautions as well, NICE JOB!

[@johnobrien1180]

Thanks! Worked perfectly!

[@AndyGoodson1]

great video! Not sure how much I just saved by not calling someone in, but likely around the $300 mark. Thanks!

[@howardlowery3775]

Very good video. I found two design variations in my pump: (A) The cover on the electrical end of my pump did not have to be removed--just pop off the 1 5/8 in cap over the end of the shaft and a large screw driver will fit in the shaft end and you can put a wrench on the blade to lock in against the bench while you use a large plier to loosen the impeller carefully in a counter clockwise twist with the right hand. ( B) My pump had no difusser between impeller and the black housing so no difusser gasket (HAY-101-2016 SPX1600R) is needed. But if you have four parts instead of three or don't know go ahead and get the gasket. Now a couple of tips: The part of the seal that fits on the impeller may come off in two parts so be sure and remove the metal part from the impeller or the new seal will not go on. The seal part in the seal plate also may come out in two parts so be sure to remove the rubber ring. One last tip--on the mounting plate to the motor one of my bolts (3/8" stainless steel bolt with 9/16 hex cap) was so rusted my socket wrench would not loosen it so I finally used steel punch with a small tip and was able to get enough counter clockwise torque with the hammer on some of the remaining hex cap to loosen it. Our Sears Hardware had stainless steel replacement bolts for 75 c each.

[@michaelp5378]

Thanks, the video was nicely done and very helpfull.

[@MoltenFungus]

thank you sir !!

[@darwindrewyer5755]

Very helpful. Thanks.

[@jwtoob]

Thank you, great video! 50 bucks for an impeller and seal kit and I fixed a 160 gallon/day leak from my pump.

[@glidersoar]

Not likely.

[@dennisdonnell4113]

very nice job!!!

[@carnivore10]

Thank you Sir ,I hope it helped you:)

[@lebeau2239]

Thanks you from Montreal

[@carnivore10]

you are very welcome my friend

[@MrDanoconnor]

Great Job There Tom. Excellent Detailed Video. My Guess is that Those 4 Washer Would Cost about 2 cents x that by how many pumps they they sell and that equals Profits

[@cpufukr]

Have replaced several times over the years..not too hard!

[@davidcleavenger1553]

I watched about 10 or 12 times. But I got'er done!

[@carnivore10]

you rock bro....well done. Thank you for watching!

[@taylorcadorin9818]

Great video. Thanks for sharing. My 16 year old hayward super pump has a small leak from underneath. How do I know if it isn't just a bad diffuser gasket, or house seal pate gasket, as opposed to a bad seal? Nothing has ever been changed.

[@pascualmorel6452]

very important that class the gentlement is a Master

[@bobstephens4028]

Excellent demonstration and instructions. Thanks carnivore10! Those DIY's among us who are not afraid to try something new appreciate the jump-start on figuring out how to proceed. Maybe I missed it, but I didn't notice an impeller ring - either when you dis-assembled, or when you re-assembled. Was there one? If not, does that mean it's an optional part?

[@jlhurley65]

Thank you.

[@carnivore10]

jlhurley65 very welcome

[@Steven-ux9jh]

If you go to all that trouble, you should replace the diffuser seal and the housing seal. Comes as a complete kit. Only about $10 more. You'll be doing it all over again later...

[@ProPaintballplaye]

One thing I noticed is you did not install an impeller wear ring SPX3005R which is placed thick side towards diffuser but sits on the impeller itself. When you took it apart I did not see it either was this missing as a superpump shows this installed in the manual. They also talk about a housing gasket spx3000T installed after the impeller but before the seal plate. Any thoughts?

[@edballs4549]

Excellent video...good quality...good explanation...superb!! :-D How would you replace the bearings if they started to make a noise or rattle?

[@TheNine6]

You don't need to remove the capacitor or the starting switch to lock the impeller. Just a FYI to save time. Slide wrench in from the top straight down and turn impeller until wrench slides on locking points.

[@lateralus46n2777]

You Rock!!

[@dmobile2go]

Thank you So much!

[@carnivore10]

Your very welcome, glad it could help you, Thank you for watching!

[@grantbenham8673]

Thanks for the video. How is it that your motor looks that corroded and still works!? My new motor failed after 2 years due to the rear bearing completely locking up. Motor still looks brand new on the outside with no obvious corrosion or water damage inside either. Replaced the bearing and motor shaft spins freely in my hand, but still grinds to a halt when turned on! New motor on the way, so I'll change the seal too I guess.

[@JoesGoldenGarage]

I followed your video to a tee.....however I am just now noticing at 8:56 in your video you quietly went off screen to remove the rubber seal that slipped off and remained on the impeller...I did not notice this. I failed to catch this part during my removal and left that piece on when I reassembled the pump. Oh my what a mess. I roasted the porcelain seal and smoke poured out of the basket area when I opened lid. Totally my fault but I did not catch this on your video until I watched it for a 5th time...you may want to ad a footnote. Good job over all with the video helped me immensely ....now tomorrow I go buy another kit and do it again! Ha

[@williamhoo9603]

+joegolden481 Remove the rubber seal that slipped off? You mean that seal was supposed to come off with the first seal he twisted off? Are you saying there are two seals?

[@williamhoo9603]

At 9:06 , is that washer looking thing (sitting next to the twisted-off seal) the part that he was trying to remove , after he twisted the first seal out?

[@Tr1pAces]

This got me too, but it locked up the impeller so it wouldn't turn and I jacked up the seal.

[@claudiaoctavia6340]

did you replace the bearings?

[@marsb8152]

I have a EB809 2hp emerson super pump II, which fits into Hayward housing SP3015X20AZ. My question is on this video at about 16:51 time you emphasized no washer required. Would this also apply to my unit? No washers to tighten the screws? Is there a reason? Thank you

[@cfauvel]

I'm a little stumped...replaced my mechanical seal after buying a new motor, and the damn thing is leaking where the graphite meets the ceramic....I feel like the seal on the impeller is not contacting the ceramic with a enough force. The impeller is all the way on shaft , confirmed by it turning the shaft. I went ahead and bought a new seal plate and mechanical seal and will see if that fixes it. I bored a hole into the motor mounting plate so I could use a bore scope to verify that the mechanical seal was leaking.

[@limuobai]

Hi, I followed your instructions but ran into a problem. At 2:21, you used a 7/15 ranch to secure the "flat sides" of the shaft. But I don't see "flat sides" on my shaft, it's all round. Is there a way to get around it? I got the same AO Smith pump like yours but in Gold color.

[@invictuz4803]

I didn't put my diffuser back on in the right orientation cuz I missed the "Top" word, does it matter? It looked symmetrical...

[@2step320]

DO all seals need to be replaced ! Does it come as a rebuild kit ! I saw you replaced 1 what about the others ! Just asking because I have never done this before !!! I have a new rebuilt motor... ANY HELP IS WELCOMED !!!....DAVE

[@jamespignataro8735]

The video does not indicate that you need to put in a pump housing gasket, in the channel

[@sephiros9883]

Do also change the gasket of the diffuser while you’re at it! The clowns that did the job last time on my unit (third party company) didn’t and turns out it was completely shot. I’m actually thinking it was what created my leaking issue and not the seal itself!

[@Backfire10]

Sir, do you lube those seals. ?

[@antoniatarnaroutskaya6401]

Please do a video on that:)))

[@TheNine6]

Under the black component, careful to avoid the wires.

[@carnivore10]

Thank you all for your kind comments.I hope it helped allot of you.

[@coleygwin2034]

The viewer can't see half of what you are skillfully doing; also you missed a part between diffuser and impeller (well at least on my Hayward); watching you turn screw is poor use of time and 1/2 can't be seen...thanks just the same, it did help

[@jaycbee98]

Hayward give 1 yr warranty My pump is nearly 2 old and it’s already up for a new seal👎 Nice product . Consider buying ? consider maintenance every couple of years! I give it 1. 5 star rating !!!

[@bkburg4611]

When we put this back together should we go ahead and put washers?

[@ChuckD59]

I would think that encourages over tightening. He mentions the bolts are screwing into a brass fitting embedded in the plastic housing. Over tighten and pull one of those out, and you're now shopping for a new housing. I know what you mean, mine doesn't have washers and the bolt heads are cutting into the plastic, but it serves as a reminder that you need to be careful about cranking down on them.

[@DIDJEYSVINYL]

thanks....thanks.... thanks ....

[@Joeyardmaster40155]

Hi Carnivore, When I put the 4 bolts into the motor housing and the 2 back cover screws back in I always use a little dab of never-seeze , I may be the next one working on it. >Joe

[@carnivore10]

Joe Morris Great advice!...thanks for watching!

[@protectionman]

Isn't there a lubricant that has to go on the seal?

[@johneredd]

At 16 minutes, what happened to the wear ring that is supposed to be on the impeller?

[@bessiefunk2037]

Some units do not have that white ring

[@whtrepblcn]

Also, It never hurts to clean up the shaft with a schotch brite pad

[@featherpublishing]

the ceramic seal going into the plate is a nightmare - looks easy, does hard.

[@whtrepblcn]

Be VERY careful when using channel lock pliers on the impeller. Mine was so tight it cracked the impeller. Another $22 :(

[@bud1ite]

I would recommend a strap wrench. Works awesome, no damage.

[@6Six6Six6Bruh]

7:30

[@dlg1776]

WHERE DOES THE HOUSING GASKET FIT?

[@seanfagan4996]

In between the housing silly

[@Ranny413]

Is anyone have a trick for those seals? I have so much clients that i need to replace the seal every year, always those fucking hayward pump.

[@grantrichardet6250]

I cannot get that imeller of it just won’t budge

[@jerrynakamura5246]

Grant Richardet same here, had to take it to a pump repair place and they eventually were able to break it loose with some effort.

[@luanngallagher630]

information maybe here but poor lighting to see what is going on