Askoll drain pump rotor swapping.

[leavemetogetonwithit]

It used to be possible to pop the rotor out of the plastic housing of a good pump and pop it into the chamber of a defunct pump and away you go. This was when the impellor was a little narrow thing. Was useful when you had only screw fit on board and needed a bayonet. Is it still possible with the new type which has a fatter impellor? It feels like it will break before it will come out.
Could save me having to do an expensive small order this week.
Mike.

[robbra]

Re: Askoll drain pump rotor swapping.

I would not do it as the hole at the back of the housing that takes the shaft can wear out of shape and reduce the life of the pump and resulting in a recall but you’ll need some pumps sooner or later so go ahead and spend some of the money you don’t pay on road tax and your tv licence 😆
Rob

[Martin]

Re: Askoll drain pump rotor swapping.

I wouldn’t dream of attempting such a thing on any pump TBH. Most are cheap as chips and universal anyway. Having said that I carry around 30 various on my van and the box far too heavy to lift so it sits permanently behind rear load bulkhead for easy access.

So I see what temps Mike into tinkering being as he only gets around using his trusty boneshaker. But I think I’ve come up with a plan for you Mike?:idea:

You know Postmen get around on bikes, well many have big rounds to cover each day. Their local sorting office have installed ‘mail stations’ (little grey boxes on street corners stuck on poles) where the Postman gets more mail to continue his round.

Well, being as you have loads of friendly customers dotted all over Penzance, why not ask if you can ‘store’ some regular pumps and stuff in large sealed boxes in their front gardens at various strategic points throughout the town? When you come across a pump job and haven’t one in your saddlebag then just down the road you go and get one. Replenishing the missing stock next time you peddle on by! 😀

Stay tuned for more labour saving ideas coming up soon! 8) 🙂

[Phidom]

Re: Askoll drain pump rotor swapping.

Yes, I’ve never tried mixing and matching like that. Up here in the fishing villages it is often sand that kills pumps by getting in the bearings so a rotor swap would not do in those cases. I suppose if it’s just the impeller broken off though……

[robbra]

Re: Askoll drain pump rotor swapping.

Martin,
you are one saucy s*d 😆

[petalpop]

Re: Askoll drain pump rotor swapping.

i carry one askoll pump
one 8 point twist to fit pump
and one plaset pump
and one of those has fitted every washer i have ever had to change a pump on

[Martin]

Re: Askoll drain pump rotor swapping.

robbra wrote:
Martin,
you are one saucy s*d

Mike and I go way back, he thrives on this kind of banter, trust me!.:twisted:

[leavemetogetonwithit]

Re: Askoll drain pump rotor swapping.

Well, the thing that prompted my question was that I thought I needed a bayonet pump for an AEG. But I mis-understood the model no. (Lav68200 not L68200) and it now turns out that I actually need a screw fit one. The proper one for the job is about thirty quid plus the usual, trade. And I had told my friend/customer that I would do the job all in for £35 because I only did the bearings on it a couple of weeks ago and they’re not very well off and he was contemplating going for new and they are very very nice people. I’m gonna look a bit of a tit when I tell him it’ll be more like £55. I was trying to get him not to scrap it. I didn’t need to see the pump when I diagnosed it. It was enough to see it down the end of the filter opening and feel the 2mm of wobble on the impellor. I just assumed that the worst case scenario would be a standard bayonet Askoll. (Phew, I could have done the job by now.)
So, to get to the point. The proper pump looks like a larger than normal Plaset judging by the pic on Connect (5031688181182). Why does it need to be larger? The drum doesn’t hold more water than a standard Zanussi, does it? What if I bunged in a WMA type Plaset (has toc, though front facing terminals might be a problem)? Obviously I won’t take any risks with safety, but it just seems odd to me why they’ve used a larger pump. Does anybody know why?

Thanks for the suggestion, Martin. I’ve thought about doing that for years but never actually gone ahead for several reasons. 1. Stock control. 2. The friends I could ask this favour of would not let me go within 2 hours if I called on them to pick up a pump. 3. Its scarcely worth it. I always go prepared & I hardly ever need stuff that can’t wait for a day or two or a week even.

Now, on Phidom’s point. We have sandy beaches here, too. I find it’s the impellor end bearing that gets the wear, not the one down the bottom, and that bearing is part of the new rotor/impellor.
Mike.

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