Life of pool pump

I'm on year 3 with mine. Running 24/7 and still holding up. Now that I said something I bet it goes out in a week.

Replace the bearings if it sounds bad in the cold. Super easy job if you have a puller and various metal pipes and what laying around.
I have the Pentair VFD going on 10+ years. Bearings might last 5. Just put third set in.

Quick search didn’t show much.
Basically remove impeller righty loosy, hold fan or use Allan on back. Remove fan. Pull front with rotor(may be some magnetic resistance). Use snap ring pliers to remove rotor from front. Pull bearings. Press or lightly tap back on new bearings using only the inner race. For $5 also replace 2 piece ceramic shaft seal. Good as new. The size numbers will be on the bearings, probably 6203 or 6305 or similar. Pentair uses special dry sealed Teflon ones, but 2RS is fine.

I bought a replacement motor along with three or four sets of the replacement bearings, and three or four sets of the need -to-be-replaced- every -time - you - pull - the - wet-end seals and O-rings

First time, I had a long hot algae- filled week waiting, but once it all arrived, I just pulled the motor and put in the new one.

I replaced the bearings in the old motor and have it on standby.

I think I've swapped out the motors four or five times in 18 years. Enough times that I have had to order more of everything, except the Motors themselves, at least once, and even had to replace some of the wet end, impeller?, the last time

Every 3 to 5 years, either bearings or seals go bad. I just make the Swap and change out everything on the old motor each time. A little neverseize is handy on the hardware that holds the motor together

To try and help the OP (maybe) and me, is there an electrical motor shop in the BR area that has parts or maybe services these motors? I was visiting a friend in the Memphis area and we went to a motor shop that would even swap out motors needing work for rebuilt ones for a small cost.

I replaced mine not due to bearings; it was an electrical problem. Every time I’d turn it on it would pop loudly, spark, and trip the breaker. It was easier to replace than dive into an electrical problem.

if you have a motor type that is separate like that amazon link, i do too, they are getting phased out very soon.

I think mine usually last around 5 years, most of the other parts of the pump seem to be aging so next time it goes out i will probably transition to the newer model that suppose to save a lot of energy and is quieter.

We save money by changing them ourselves. Just need a little muscle and take pictures of how the wires are hooked up.

Check your capacitor first before replacing the motor.


IGNORE - looks like you have a newer model.

3-4 sounds about right. I just had to replace mine after a little over 3 years.

Probably could have been more diligent with cleaning baskets and filter to make it not work as hard, or the post-Ida recovery or the super heatwave May have also had some effect.