WTB Seal Kit for Reeflo Hammerhead

[MuralReef]

Title says it looking locally for a seal kit. Any vendors carry them? Or members have them on hand?

 

[scchase]

Which motor does it have? Baldor, AO Smith, or ? I will have to look when I get home but I am pretty sure this is the right seal and better than the ones from Reeflo https://www.grainger.com/product/FLOWSERVE-Mechanical-Pump-Shaft-Seal-1R317.
You can usually get them at hot tub parts stores as well for around $10

 

[SynDen]

https://www.aquariumeng.com/products/miscellaneous/hammerhead-pump-seal-replacement-kit

 

[MuralReef]

Boo to that Angel! They are $27 from Reeflo. I like what you're talking about Scott. It is a Baldor pump.

 

[SynDen]

Ya they are a bit more pricey but they are Aquarium Engineering, who builds products to last for life. Pretty sure you would never have to worry about them ever again.

 

[scchase]

For the tool perhaps, the seals will always wear out, just depends on how fast. I deal with a lot of these in my line of work and have changed hundreds.

 

[Legonch]

You guys talking about bad seals jinxed me. My hammerhead has a nice spray pattern on the wall from a leaking seal.....ugh!

 

[MuralReef]

Sorry man! Mine gave me a bit of a warning it was making a weird noise and was slowly leaking the next day.

 

[Legonch]

Mine did something while at the show yesterday. Came home and saw a spray pattern, today, nothing....its possessed

 

[TheRealChrisBrown]

Which motor does it have? Baldor, AO Smith, or ? I will have to look when I get home but I am pretty sure this is the right seal and better than the ones from Reeflo https://www.grainger.com/product/FLOWSERVE-Mechanical-Pump-Shaft-Seal-1R317.
You can usually get them at hot tub parts stores as well for around $10

Scott, do you know if this link to a seal kit at Grainger is the same seal kit that I would use on a Barracuda with Baldor motor?

 

[SynDen]

Scott, do you know if this link to a seal kit at Grainger is the same seal kit that I would use on a Barracuda with Baldor motor?

Ya, its the same and will fit. I used that one to re-do my baldor motors recently and it fit with no issue. Although, reeflo recently re-did their seal and they are supposed to be much better now. Scott and I bought some when we were at macna. Havent run them yet so dont know if they do last longer, but might be worth considering

 

[TheRealChrisBrown]

Ya, its the same and will fit. I used that one to re-do my baldor motors recently and it fit with no issue. Although, reeflo recently re-did their seal and they are supposed to be much better now. Scott and I bought some when we were at macna. Havent run them yet so dont know if they do last longer, but might be worth considering

Excellent! Thank you!

 

[TheRealChrisBrown]

I think I got it replaced. It's back up and running and no leaks this far. Had a piece of egg crate stuck in the impeller! Was totally blocking one of the passages! Fingers crossed.

Only trouble I had was the ceramic bearing for the impeller was stuck to the drive shaft pretty good, I couldn't really tell what was going on since it was all covered in muck. I tried to pull it with a pair of pliers which crushed the old ceramic which made it super easy to remove, lol. Luckily there was the replacement in the kit I bought, and I bought 2 of the seal kits so I now have a backup!