I can’t thank you enough for making this video. Not only did it solve the problem, but your explanation was clear and thorough…I was even able to get the product number from your Lowe’s receipt! For anyone who’s interested, it’s 44748 for 1/8” brass rod

This video is a definitely a money saver. I was getting ready to purchase a new pump, no need to now. Thank you!

THANK YOU!! Saved me a lot of headache and buying a new pump.

I'm so glad I found this video! That piece of brass is $6.99 now but totally fixed my pump today! You're a life saver!

Rob, my friend - you just saved the rest of my summer! Can't thank you enough for your video. I'm pretty handy, but I gotta admit - knowing I had to deal with a pool pump was an 'Oh s**t' moment. So easy. Well done. From my whole family here in Long Island, NY.....THANK YOU!!

I bought my pool last summer and only used it for 2 months and this summer for about 2 as well and my pump stopped working and it was humming but not working so I found you're video as I was searching to try to fix my problem and I purchased the brass round and cut it to size and boom it's working great now ty so much for you're video now I can enjoy the rest of the summer. I contacted the polygroup company that makes my pool and they would not replace the pump or the rotor assembly as the warranty was for 6 months even tho I didn't use it for that long. I paid almost 600 dollars for it plus chemicals, sand and everything I needed to set it up. I won't purchase a pool from them again I will get a better pool next summer. Again ty so much for you're video without it I would be spending about 40 bucks for the rotor assembly and now everything is just peachy :) :)

Thank you for this. My pump did this within the first 3 days. Saved my sanity. Cheers man For those whose pumps arent working, the motor is completely encase so if your pump is not working its probably a 90%+ chance its this

I bought my Summer Waves pool last year and had no problems with the sfx1000 pump all season. I went to open my pool this year and the pump would start to turn on, but wouldn't. I took everything apart thinking it was a broken pin (mine looks to be plastic) and the pin looked totally fine! Upon a closer look though, the top end of the pin is just barely rounded on the edges. So I figured I'd take a chance and flip it and put the good side on top. It started working immediately! Thanks for the great video info and comments from everyone!

I have bought multiple replacement pumps before getting sick of it and I just fixed every one of them with this video lol! Thank you!!!!

Thank you so much for this video! I was going to go out and buy a $200 pump and I decided to give your fix a try but didn't think it would work because I'm not very handy when it comes to fixing things, but sure enough it worked great! My Canadian Tire sells the Hillman 1/8 inch x 36 inch brass rod (but that brand is not listed on the online site) and I just took it to their auto service desk and asked if they had wire cutters to cut it to exactly 3 5/16" (8.41 cm) and they cut me a couple pieces. I didn't take the bottom piece off of the pump because I couldn't get it off so I just unplugged the pump and worked from the top pulling that magnet out with my fingers and doing the rest of your steps. I cleaned out all the debris from the blades and I put the flattest piece of the brass rod at the bottom of the pump and the top was cut a little crooked so I did what you suggested and sanded it down a little bit on concrete to smooth the edge. The pump works better than it has in a long time! For those of you that are having trouble getting the black round stopper plug to seal the sidewall pool hole while working on the pump just put Vaseline around the edge of that plug and it sticks in place nicely. Thank you again for this awesome money saving video!

Robert Badilla, thank you so much! You saved me from either buying a new pump or trashing the pool! Picked up the exact brass rod at lowes and it worked perfectly!

I’m so happy I found your video. I snapped the rod but had no idea how to fix it. So bought a new one for $180. And after a few days the new one snapped. I was about to SNAP myself and then I found you! Thank you.

YOU ARE THE MAN!!!!!! That saved me from a $180.00 purchase!!!! Followed your instructions and like a charm worked right away! Thanks for the info!!!!

2nd season of use and my pump ran for about a week then, as described, just the “hum” of the motor and no water flow. Found this excellent video but then found on disassembly that all the fins of the rotor were sheared off! And yes, the ceramic rod was broken. So, had to buy the replacement impeller and immediately made this mod before installing, using the new ceramic one for exact measurement and saving it as a backup. It ran for about a day then quit working again. The new rotor had a piece of the plastic sheath covering the strong magnet missing. Perhaps I had not aligned it properly during installation or maybe some large debris caused it. So, I removed all the sheath, careful to not damage the ends. This was not easy by the way. Smoothed everything with sandpaper, reassembled, tested as before then reinstalled. All seems to be working fine - time will tell. Thank you, Bob!

Omg, you saved us a boatload of money! We just knew it was the pump and was about to shell out almost $100! It was cheap, simple and quick! The only thing, we had to partially drain our pool because we didn't have a stopper, but that was no biggy! Thank you so much!!

Its so EASY and it WORKS! I am not (but becoming) a handy housewife and this saved us $170. Our 2nd pump just broke and I was ready to buy another one because I didn't know what else to do. I watched this video earlier this afternoon spent $1.59 for the brass rod, worked on the pump for about 15-20 mins and now my pump is working as good or better than new. Thank you so much! Great advice and great video.

Very helpful video! A pretty good symptom that it’s this problem is that if your pump is still running, it’ll make a heck of a lot more noise than usual

Thank you so much for this, we fixed ours today! I honestly didn't have high hopes of it working (not because of your advice, but because things generally don't work out so easily/cheap for us). I was so incredibly excited to see that water filtering through again! 🙌

Most useful video on KZfaq ever.

Old pin was snapped Put the new pin in turned it on it hummed for a few seconds no water pumped then nothing, Prior to the new pin it would at least go on. It was worth a try but this is a piece of sh*t . When you start looking for new pump parts etc after 4 months and see so many people with the same issues well like I said, POS. Thank you for the video very kind of you to help people out. Part 2: edited the next day OK next day I took it apart again. I must have done something wrong with top washer for 1 thing. Also in video I didn't realize at bottom of shaft there is a washer. I also had a shaft from a pool from several years ago. I cut it to recommended size and started over. Boom ! Pump kicked in immediately and works better than ever. HUGE SAVINGS as I was not thrilled about buying new pump at almost what the pool cost. However this does not change my thoughts as stated above re: this thing : It still is a POS when you need to replace pump parts after a few months . It's common as we see here. Fortunately I and others were very lucky to find this video !! Thanks again for this video.

Thank you so much! So glad I found your video. My pump only ran for about 16 hours and the ceramic rod snapped. With all this Covid business every part for the pumps have become super expensive. You're a life saver! I thought our summer swimming was over!

This works!! Visited my local Fastenal, bought the rod, cut to specifications notes in the video description and the pumped worked!! Thank you!!

So, I've had mine up since the end of May it recently stopped working and was just humming my ceramic rod was not broke but taking it apart and cleaning the pump out it self and taking all these parts off in this video actually just made it work again. So this video is very very helpful!!

I want to thank you very very much for your video I fix my pool pump for 4 bucks instead of almost buying a new pool pump motor and I decided to watch KZfaq and see if anything was on there and I came across your video a million thank yous my friend. You just save me a hundred bucks

Ours broke in 3 pieces after 8 HOURS of use, brand new out of the box! So it’s still happening with the same problems in 2020. Thank you so much!! Went to Lowe’s and got the exact same brass rod as well. Pump works just fine.

Thank you so much for making this video and checking with the pool company!! I couldn’t for the life of me figure out why in the world my pump wasn’t working when it worked just fine last summer. I replaced my ceramic rod with this brass one and it works great. Thank you again so much!

May 15, 2022 I just finished fixing my pool pump following your instructions. The problem was the ceramic rod, just like you said. It’s working perfectly!!! Thank you so, so much. Greetings from Poteet, Texas :)

Thank you so much. $1.79 brass rod from Ace and I'm back in action. I had the broken spindle for a while. I knew it, but it kept running. Then yesterday the pump just seized up. I could hear it hum and could tell it was pulling some amperage, but the impeller was stopped. I tried to free it with my hand and it strongly flicked my fingers. Went to get the brass rod, and it's good to go! Thanks again.

Our pump stopped, so my husband took the bottom off and found out the gear was getting stuck. Super simple fix and saved us $80. I hope it continues to work!

I talked to a person that works for that company and they suggest to run the pump 6 hrs a day, to NOT use a timer and specially don't run it when ppl are swimming it makes the motor overwork, if you want to avoid buying another brass rod or motor and last a long time you need to follow the instructions:) but I really LIKE this video it saves a lot of money.... Thank u sir 🙂😉

I did this and it worked. It was amazing. Thanks so much for sharing this.

The best video yet on this pump and pool! Awesome! I also dropped the plug into the pool! We replaced the GFCI plug bc ours got wet and stopped working. But the pump is rattling and this might be why. Thank you!

And it’s done, mine cracked into 3 pieces, little tiny piece was in a upper rubber seal. I cut it on 3 5/16” length inserted and it’s working like new again, nice and quiet, thanks again😀🤛👍

Thank you for making this video!! Most helpful! I found the broken ceramic pin and I'm headed to Lowe's in the morning with a snapshot of your receipt w/ dimensions of the brass pin. You saved me so much time, aggravation and money. BLESS YOU !!😊

So here we are during covid pandemic & if you can find a filter replacement...major price gouging going on, ugh! I came across your video and wad able to fix yhe pump! Big thank you!!!

I was getting ready to buy a new pump til I came across your video. Thankful I did!

I did it Bob; with your help of coarse😉. 🤞 That it'll hold up. Thank you from a momma of four married to a man who makes me do everything myself.

Thanks for the tip! Worked great! And saved a lot of $! Did notice our rod was 3in. And needed to make a little point at the end so it will stand up and rotate! Thanks so.much!

I had this problem today opened it up and my rod had water balloons n hair stuck on it. Took all that off my rod was not broken i put it all back in and it work just fine. Thanks your video help me alot. It all took me like 10min n got it back to work.

Thanks brotha! Excellent breakdown of everything. You saved us all so much money. You the real MVP!

Thank you for this video! The ceramic pin broke off in the rubber tab inside the housing. It was only 1/4” in. Used the brass rod and fixed the issue!

You are a lifesaver !! Followed every step and the pimp is no working !!! So cool !

Thank you Sr!! you saved me more than $150..easy and cheap fix..

Thank you sir! Thanks to inflation, 5 years later that $3.04 brass rod is now $6.48. Still much cheaper than replacing a pump, but pricing double in 5 years??? That's insane.

Thank you Bob! Replaced it, and the pump is better than new! You saved me $100++

thank you. i was able to fix my pump after watching this video. the shaft and impeller had broken on mine so after buying those 2 pieces it was a quick fix.

GREAT video!!!! Just did this today and my pump is going strong!!! Thank you so much 🤝👍

Thank you. This really saved the day

Thank you so much for this video!! Saved us from buying a new pump!!

Thank you for this video.. very good explanation on how to fix the problem I think my filter has.

I just got this pool yesterday.I am doing this mod before I even set it up.Thanks for the advice.

Thank you for videoing this. I have the same pump, and it just started making a racket and the water isnt pushing out. I bet you this is exactly what's wrong with mine.

Thank you for this information. You just saved me 96.00 I was able to fix for 1.58

Thanks for your video you really saved us. During covid-19 it's hard to get anything and the pool is something the kids can do. We able to fix ours with a steel pin my husband found in the garage. AWESOME 👍

thanks i took a pic of your lowe's bill got the rod to repair my pump.

3.56 fix. Thank you so much. Perfect fix

Thank you sir.You saved me time and money.

THANKS BRO...YOU SAVED SUMMER AND SAVED ME MONEY. I WAD GONNA COUGH UP THE 200 FOR NEW PUMP....ONCE AGAIN, THANKS

Thank you!! Just to add on, i did not have the rubber stopper. You can make this repair without removing the pump if you dont mind getting your arm wet. Thanks again!!

Hey Robert, thank you so much for your help it work my bump is working again thank you so much

great fix, I'm going to Lowes right now, thank you :)

I was about to buy a pump for 180.00 but then i saw this video. Im going to try ro fix my pump this weekend ill let you know the results. Im excited for this 4 dollar fix vs 180

I figured this out before watching this video but it clarified it. A week after buying the pool that little rod snapped and the manufacturer was going to honor the warranty and send a new pump but they wanted me to take a picture of the receipt and take a picture of the pump with the cord cut with scissors🤦🏾‍♂️ and they would deliver one in ten days

Thank you so much! We followed your video exactly and it worked perfectly! You saved us so much money!!

Very informative video. Thanks for posting; It helped me a lot!

😢 im gonna need the entire rotor as mine just stopped taking in water emptied out the skimmer and found 4 pcs broken pcs that look like they go to that propeller looking thing. On another note your video will now help me just take apart the entire thing and replace that rotor unit thanks!!

I did what you did today and it worked!! Thank you for this video!

I want to punch the 48 people who downvoted this video in the face. Great video and saved a bunch of people money.

Mine did the same dam thing I just upgraded to a intex sand filter its awesome pool has never looked so clear

You are the man. Saved me $160

Bob, thank you for the thorough explanation and R & I instriction. As an engineer, I can say that ferromagnetic steel would probably be a poor choice but a non-magnetic stainless alloy would probably hold up well. Understanding that Aluminum might be too weak in bending, I am wondering how the brass has held up.

Thank you! Saved me $100 today!

Just the perfect video that I needed to see, thx so much!

Thanks that was super helpful! Life saver.

Great video.Thank you mate.

Fingers crossed this will fix my pump, it won’t turn on at all. Thanks for the video!

Thank you so much for this video!!!!!! This fixed our pool problem.

This was great man. Saved me about $150.

3 days i have been trying to figure our where that plug went and just come across your video thanks… but what was the little rod Called you bought for the rotor motor? Thanks.

Great video... I was going to purchase a new pump... 👍👍👍Thank you very much

Great vid man.. I think i might have the same issue . I just filled up my pool yesterday. Plug in the pump and it didnt start .. mind you I just got this pool last sumer from wall mart. I guess i have to take it aprt and look in the pump to see if i have the same issue . I do have a extend warranty on it tho. Keep up great job.

This worked out very well... Got it working again!! Thanks!!

have you had any trouble with the brass rod being "eaten" away almost as if there is something grinding away at it?

Stupid Question here 🤦‍♂️ I had to take mine apart, but I forgot to take notice where the gasket was supposed to go. Could you tell me where it goes?

Fixing the pool was easier than finding the rod. Most hardware stores are stocked out of brass rods. Found a 6 inch rod just by luck.

This video was a lifesaver. Thank you for the video.

Ours came with a rubber black circle ring for in the bottom where exactly is that suppose to be? Our filter is leaking water at the bottom seems like the ring may not be in the right spot or something.

I replaced the pin and the thing spin when I assist it but it doesn’t cut on on it’s own and it won’t stay on in the water I got it running in the house with the new pin in it. Once I took it outside it wouldn’t start again.

Thank you. This video helped me out alot

How do you get the rotor to sit flat again? I can’t get it to go all the way down. Please help! Great Video by the way.

Really stupid question, but is there an on off switch on this pump, or should it come on by just plugging it in?

I took a paint roller which was stainless steel and cut a piece out of the roller to replace the pin, worked awesome!

Thank you much.

Brass rod will wear out and break!! Mine did after 48 total hours of running the pump

Thank you so much for info,my boys said your the man...Beaz

That was the problem Wow cheap, too easy fix. Thank you.

How do I know if it's the power plug or the pump itself I'm getting no power to the plug at all

Thank you for the video..saved a tin of money.

Wow...this is a great money saver...great video!

Exactly what I needed, you rock!! Thankyou