Great video brother !! Ive been servicing espresso units for many years and every time I had to swap out a procon pump, I couldn't find myself scrapping it. I always thought one day I'd come across a rebuild kit and figure out how to rebuild them. Thanks to you, I can begin.

Great Vid! Thank you Hank. I usually hate these types of vids, takes too much time... yours, I followed all to the end! ***A little trick I found useful: If you find it difficult to slide in the parts, or if you don't even want to risk it, you can soak your pump body in hot water, 55C more or less so you don't burn yourself, before assembling the carbon parts back in.

Brilliant effort. with this kind of detailed explanation, even the cobbler could rebuild this vane pump like a pro. I wonder why those 12 idiots disliked this.

Thanks for the detailed video, which I used to rebuild a Series 1. I'd like to add that a little silicone grease on the rubber parts makes the assembly ever so much easier. I didn't have much luck with the "clamp" method of squeezing down the big o-ring to seat the c clip. But after it got lubed, I didn't even need the clamp. Just some light taps with a screwdriver/hammer and the c clip popped into its groove. I also lubed the wear surface of the pump seal so it would have some lube during startup until water contacted it. There are "food-rated" grades of silicone grease for installations which need that. Also the pump seal slid in much easier with a little grease on it. And a fun fact: the pump seal in the diagram that came with the Edco rebuild kit did not exactly match the actual pump seal in the kit. And a slinger in the diagram was missing from the kit. But after everything was assembled, the shaft turned very smoothly by hand, neither too loose, nor too tight. Testing showed it met spec for pressure and flow and the seal held tight.

Interesting. Glad you posted this. My best guess is that a tube of food grade silicon grease would help dramatically on the rebuild. Had no idea there were as many small parts in that pump. Cheers.

Yes the section with the spring loaded seal - definitely backwards.

Just rebuilt my series 2 with the help of this vid, works great!

Thanks for a great tutorial on rebuild of Procon pumps. I've been in the beverage business for 40+ years and rebuilding Procon pumps have always been a challenge, really the most that I'm comfortable with is just replacing the nameplate O-ring on the front of the pump. Edco or Procon will not give you the size but I have found that a food grade o-ring (size R-28 37.69 X 3.53) seems to be an an accurate replacement. That is a round o-ring that will look square or rectangle when removed. I Typically use a special food grade lube to reassemble the plate and o-ring with a simple c clamp to push it into place.

Great video man

All of your video is clearly understood.thank you very much sir.

Great Video, it was just what i was looking for

The white washer is ceramic! Make sure the polished side runs against the rotating carbon seal.

Great video, I think that you might have had the mechanical seal not right. The ceramic needs to run on the face of the carbon graffite service. This is how the water seal works. If you run the pump run dry, then this gets to hot and breaks, leading to water to the bearings. It breaks also eazely when you knok the axil.

Excellent tutorial, covers a lot of gotchas. Thx and keep em coming..

very helpful video, thanks

You saved the pump of my town cafeteria in 🇩🇿🙏🙏🙏

I pulled the rotor of an Australian built 1995 pump, the rotor came out in 2 parts.they slipped into each other. Obviously was machined separately. Not sure it was welded after machined or had some kind of join, but the motor end does not spin the vane holder part.

thanks boss

Thanks for the video is completely useful, what after assembling all parts is not possible to rotate the shaft with the hand? is their a problem or is normal dur to the load of the new orings?

I have nothing but good things to say about Edco Distributing. Their charge for rebuilding your pump is not much more than the parts kit alone. In my case, they replaced my entire SS housing for an extra $5 and (at my request) returned the old one to me. If you have a 100 GPH pump and would like it converted to 15 or 25 for your TIG cooler, they can do that for free.

Hola donde puedo adquirir un kit de repuesto para mi bomba,soy de Mexico,Saludos.

Do you know if these can handle picking up liquid chocolate? I want to move 35 degree chocolate from one spot to the next. the Pump would have to lift the chocolate about 10 inches. and direct it 15 inches. do these pumps have any lift when attached to motor? do they require priming?

Hola donde puedo conseguir los kit?

Do you know where I can find out how to hook up this setup, I have a complete all In one unit, but I want to use it as a carbonator

Veri beautiful vidio

Great video! Thanks! I need to call you on one crucial part though. I believe you show the spring loaded part of the shaft seal inserted the wrong way. The end with the hard smooth thin ring goes against the white plastic piece. The surfaces that contact while spinning at high speed need to be smooth with minimal friction. If you insert it so the rubber end spins against the stationary white plastic disk, you'll melt the rubber and lose your seal in short order I would think. I know this because I have rebuilt centrifugal fluid pumps which use the same type of seal & the parts diagram for those pumps illustrate that orientation better. Also, a small amount of clear silicone grease should be used without introducing oils from your hands to the contact surfaces. Refurbished procon pumps that I've received are snug to turn by hand, but it should feel smooth to turn & you should not need a wrench. I really appreciate the video though. Very helpful! It is very easy to break those phenolic end bearings, dang it.

Thank you so much sir

I see a lot a guys on the wrong side of the globe use these to move lp. Are they really strong enough to move high pressure reliably.

If I used one of these motors for beverages, what would I need to use to grease/lubricate the motor itself?

Hola, soy Claudio de Argentina, mi bomba PROCON pierde por el agujero que tiene abajo en la parte trasera, me podrias decir cual puede ser la causa y como puedo repararla? muchas gracias.

my brand new pump looks like its putting out black shavings into the water tank, idk if it from the vanes or bushings but i dont want to drink that, My old one was doing the same thing and thats why i bought a new one. Any input on this issue, im thinking of putting a filtration system post pump, but dont know if this is a good idea for the life span on the pump and what filters can handle post 150 psi pressures.

What did you do with the carbonator tank? Looking for a small one if you still have it.

On my series 2, the ball bearing is a little special: 30mm OD and 7/16" ID. The only place I know to get them is through an electric motor repair shop or a bearing supply house. I tried looking them up on the internet and didn't find anything.

Hi Hank, thanks for your answer, are you in California? I have an espresso machine with a leaking pump, I am looking for a rebuild kit but I can't find it on ebay could you provide the place you got it if you could. Thanks

Do you know where I can faind this kit? I were looking on ebay and I couldnt find it. Thanks for you help.

Where can we find its spare parts like carbon, seal????

Hey if the piston dosent spin freely if you try to turn it does that mean its jammed or is that just how it works. I figure it is but I had to ask

Hello good time I wanted to know where to get the internal parts of the pump

Does anyone know if the shaft dictates how many GPH these move. Wondering what the difference is from a 240 GPH pump to a 330.

What is the average or expected runtime life on these?

Our factory makes all the internal parts in this except the stainless steel rotor

32:00 crescent pins for the veins

My procon pump is leaking water should I just seal it with m seal or buy new one?

Assembly neo kitt available in market dealer where

where do you buy the baring puller?

Hello great Vid. Noticed you are in SFV. I have about 30 used pumps that I collected when I use to work for a beverage company. Do you know anyone that would be interested in buying all the used procon pumps I have?

Please how do I get the repair kits

Sucks all I need is a new o ring for the relief valve, but I don't wanna buy the whole kit just for one part

can it pump liquid propane

where can i buy the rebuild kit???

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Much better to buy new

As a service tech this is a waste of time most of the time, when they go out they're calcified and rusted together making it time consuming to repair, it's more cost effective to just change them out completely, takes 5 minutes vs 30 minutes plus