my 6045 stopped now what

[buzzbombtom]

hey i know you guys are great at help with your product, i have 2 6045 unmodded units both are about the same age, one works great, the other i noticed today is not running, is there a trick to getting it to run? the track record on these guys speaks for itself, its a great unit, please help me figure out the problem.


thanks in advance
thomas

[shawnz28]

Have you taken it apart to clean it? Is the shaft broken or is it free and fall out?

[buzzbombtom]

dont know how to do that, how does one go about doing that?

[shawnz28]

Take off the front cover and remove the impeller. See if the shaft is still firmly seated, it should not come out.

[buzzbombtom]

thank you for you help, it now runs again, BUT the impeller is very sensitive to how far it is in, there is about a 1/4 max shaft play and if it is not in the proper position it will not spin, is there an explanation for that? like i said it is running fine now though

[shawnz28]

is there a washer behind the impeller?

[rvitko]

If the shaft comes out the pump is broken and should be sent in. If the drive unit has a lot of play on the shaft likely the disk or drive unit is worn out.