Super Jet Removing snapped drive shaft!?

[Spoony]

So I've snapped the driveshaft in my 701. Its snapped off inside the front of the impeller. I'm wondering how to now get this out? Ideas?

I'm thinking a JetManic replacement might be the go.

Cheers.

 

[Matt_E]

Who's JetManic? Sounds mentally disturbed.

I've had to remove a broken shaft like that before. I ended up cutting the pump stator apart to get at the shaft. It was the least expensive piece to destroy.

 

[Spoony]

haha, Jetmaniac perhaps then? lol.

Oh really? That doesn't sound good.

So you got to the shaft by hacking through the stator behind the impeller?

 

[Matt_E]

Well, it's a conundrum - the shaft presses out of the pump into the direction of the cone. Can't do that with the impeller still on.
If you can grip a bit of the back of the shaft, you can use an impeller tool to get the impeller off.
Unfortunately, in my case I had to cut the stator off to make that happen.

 

[tricky1]

Weld a nut to the tail end of shaft so you can hold it. Use a prop tool to remove prop.

 

[OCD Solutions]

I snapped one a couple years ago but can't remember how I got it off. I know I thought about it for a couple hours and dug thru my many nut and bolt bins as well as my tool box and rigged up a solution that working in under 45 minutes.

I seem to remember removed the tail cone and driving a narrow cold chisel into the end of the shaft. I put the chisel in a vise and used an impeller tool on the impeller.

I've been running the Jetmaniac replacement ever since.

 

[Fstrkls1]

That sux. I did the same thing at the end of last summer And ended my season. I ended up having to buy a new jetmanic shaft a new pump housing and a impeller. Good luck bud

 

[Spoony]

Cheers for all the advice. At first I thought (From the sound) I'd shat the pump bearings or something, figured good excuse for a new impeller etc. Seeing the broken shaft I thought, 'oh well, at least it's just that'. Didn't realise the nightmare of getting it out until now! Will try some of the suggestions.