Anyone here ever fixed a leaky Kenmore pump with any luck? I'd like to hear your solution. I took a peice of styrofoam and cut it in a circular shape about 1 inch in thickness and glued it to the the pump where the motor shaft fits into the pump. I dabbed it all down around the foam with silcone and poked a hole through the foam to fit the shat through. After about 50 loads, it still isn't leaking.
Rebuilding Kenmore washer pumps
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ultramatic52
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Hi!!!
I think the best you can do is buy a new one in repair clinic. I believe that is not an expensive part.
I think the best you can do is buy a new one in repair clinic. I believe that is not an expensive part.
Ok, I'll buy a new one as soon as I receive your blank check. As many pumps as I use, I need a way to recycle all those leaky ones. But keep in mind, I always tell a person that he isnt getting a factory fresh pump which I priced at 39.95 plus tax at my parts dealer.
runematic
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A pump like that runs me less than $16 wholesale. For the peace of mind, it's worth it. I'd hate to flood someone's house by doing a half-assed fix (xyz, no offense meant to you, I couldn't come up w/ another phrase this AM, I need my coffee!). Even if you sell it as-is, folks can & will come back on you if they have a problem. You'd better have good liability insurance. If you are selling a washer, build it in to your price. Again, peace of mind is worth the money.
Ya I hear ya, have you ever retrofitted a GE front access type pump onto a direct drive Kenmore and did away with the leaky pump leaving it in place only as a link from transmission to the motor? I'm sure some of the purist here can't understand why I would do such but from where I come from, we use our imaginations on rainy days when boredom sets in. More than one way to skin a cat here in Louisiana. My black friend says that I n-word-rig more stuff than he does but that is mine and his joke, no offense meant to anyone here. that is acceptable speech around here amongst black and white people alike.
How many DD pumps do you go through? In about 10 years or so, I "might" have replaced one or two, that leaked, or were noisy.
Good lord. That is a fire or short and locked bearings waiting to happen. Exactly what do you think is happening to all the leaking water when you do this backwoods repair? It's going into the motor and bearings. I hope you have some good insurance and a good supply of motors to replace all the ones you just ruined. You'll also need a lot more money to cover all these costs in your attempt to save a few bucks.
It's not you who are going through that many pumps, it is your customers. It's one thing to rig up something for yourself if your own pump fails on a weekend and you can't get to the parts store until Monday, but I think you are leaving yourself open to lawsuits from any manufacturer if you modify one of their products in the field by using non-authorized and substandard parts to repair it. And, if one of your customers houses is damaged due to one of your improvised repairs, I don't think your business liability insurance is going to stand behind you. Our parts supplier has sales from time to time when the dealers' prices are greatly discounted. We stock up on parts that we know we use in great quantity so that we will have a good amount on hand until the next sale. The pumps are not that expensive and if you have a machine that is easily accessible, changing one is not that much trouble. If you received a discount on the price of the pumps, you could use that as a cushion to be able to offer a few dollars off to a customer who might have trouble affording the regular cost of a pump replacement. At least you probably would not have to go back for a good many years if you installed a new pump. 50 washes without leaking is no test of durability. Are you replacing so many pumps because people are keeping the washers so long? If that's the case, when you charge them for installing a new pump, you can point out to them how much money they have saved by not having to buy a new washer because their Kenmore or Whirlpool is lasting so long.
I think "jury-rigged" is the term you are looking for. It is more than a matter of PC. It is about respect for yourself and your readers. You respect yourself too much to let them know that you would use that kind of language and you respect your readers too much to force them to decide whether to let such usage slide and appear to be bigots themselves or let you know, as I do, that it makes me angry. Not one of us has or had any choice about the conditions into which we are born; not skin color, degreee of physical impairment, intellligence, health, financial situation, location or opportunities in life etc. I don't like hearing gutter terms used about any minority because it reminds me of the hate behind the words.
Please find out the dangers to yourself, your loved ones, your customers and your wealth that you are inviting by making the repairs you have discussed. Tom
I think "jury-rigged" is the term you are looking for. It is more than a matter of PC. It is about respect for yourself and your readers. You respect yourself too much to let them know that you would use that kind of language and you respect your readers too much to force them to decide whether to let such usage slide and appear to be bigots themselves or let you know, as I do, that it makes me angry. Not one of us has or had any choice about the conditions into which we are born; not skin color, degreee of physical impairment, intellligence, health, financial situation, location or opportunities in life etc. I don't like hearing gutter terms used about any minority because it reminds me of the hate behind the words.
Please find out the dangers to yourself, your loved ones, your customers and your wealth that you are inviting by making the repairs you have discussed. Tom
