Tetra pump needs impeller shaft!!!

Anyone.... my Tetra Typhoon 500 gph water pump wore out the shaft that runs
through the impeller. I Googled Tetra and got nowhere. Are they still USA
based in MD? I'm at a loss to find this Co. to order a replacement shaft.
I bought the pump at PetsMart a few years ago, but they are no help at all -
the man didn't even know what I was talking about. :-(

I don't want to toss a perfectly good pump because of a shaft pin!
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Reel Mckoi wrote:

Anyone.... my Tetra Typhoon 500 gph water pump wore out the shaft
that runs through the impeller. I Googled Tetra and got nowhere. Are
they still USA based in MD? I'm at a loss to find this Co. to order a
replacement shaft. I bought the pump at PetsMart a few years ago, but
they are no help at all - the man didn't even know what I was talking
about. :-(

I don't want to toss a perfectly good pump because of a shaft pin!


Shaft or shaft pin?? If it is a shaft pin and it is a roll pin, any
good auto parts store will have what you need.

"Mark and Kim Smith" wrote in message
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Reel Mckoi wrote:

Anyone.... my Tetra Typhoon 500 gph water pump wore out the shaft that
runs through the impeller. I Googled Tetra and got nowhere. Are they
still USA based in MD? I'm at a loss to find this Co. to order a
replacement shaft. I bought the pump at PetsMart a few years ago, but
they are no help at all - the man didn't even know what I was talking
about. :-(

I don't want to toss a perfectly good pump because of a shaft pin!


Shaft or shaft pin??

$$ The ceramic shaft pin.

If it is a shaft pin and it is a roll pin, any
good auto parts store will have what you need.

$$ Thanks! I never would have though of that. The impeller shaft spins on
this pin. What do these pins do in an automobile? What are they for?
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I may have one in my storage shed will look and see this afternoon
after the sun gets off and send you a photo. If that is it ....I sure
don't mind sticking it in the mail.

"moe" wrote in message
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I may have one in my storage shed will look and see this afternoon
after the sun gets off and send you a photo. If that is it ....I sure
don't mind sticking it in the mail.
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I would really appreciate that. :-) The pump is the Tetra Typhoon No.
16685 . However I don't have a PO box where it can be sent. The Police
recommended I not give any personal information to anyone online due to the
threats I received from a poster *here.* I plan to call Tetra tomorrow and
see if I can get this ceramic shaft from them. If not then I can check out
an Auto Supply store. What would these shaft pins be used for in a car - do
you know? It was awfully small. My curiosity has the best of me. :-)
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I had a simular problem with a stalker online. I ended up having to
shut down everything, getting a new email addy, new site all of it.
I've seen those pins in auto stores. Wonder if it has anything to do
with a drive shaft?

Reel Mckoi wrote:


"Mark and Kim Smith" wrote in message
...

Reel Mckoi wrote:

Anyone.... my Tetra Typhoon 500 gph water pump wore out the shaft
that runs through the impeller. I Googled Tetra and got nowhere.
Are they still USA based in MD? I'm at a loss to find this Co. to
order a replacement shaft. I bought the pump at PetsMart a few years
ago, but they are no help at all - the man didn't even know what I
was talking about. :-(

I don't want to toss a perfectly good pump because of a shaft pin!



Shaft or shaft pin??


$$ The ceramic shaft pin.

If it is a shaft pin and it is a roll pin, any

good auto parts store will have what you need.


$$ Thanks! I never would have though of that. The impeller shaft
spins on this pin. What do these pins do in an automobile? What are
they for?

We might be talking about two different things. Roll pins are rolled
steel, gives them a little bit a "spring". Typically they would be put
through a hole in a shaft to hold an impeller. Like a "T".

http://www.barnhillbolt.com/acb26/he...&MenuCode=MAIN

They would be used to hold the drive gear on a GM distributor amongst
other things. Last time I used one was to install a large yellow knob
on a PP1 valve. That is a truck air brake valve. Typically, auto parts
stores will have a drawer with a selection of these pins.

"Mark and Kim Smith" wrote in message
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Like a "T".

http://www.barnhillbolt.com/acb26/he...&MenuCode=MAIN

They would be used to hold the drive gear on a GM distributor amongst
other things. Last time I used one was to install a large yellow knob on
a PP1 valve. That is a truck air brake valve. Typically, auto parts
stores will have a drawer with a selection of these pins.
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Thanks for the information but not even close. This is a long thin ceramic
needle-like thing, more like a piece of cut coathanger but is made of
ceramic material. It goes through the impeller to keep it spinning in the
middle of the impeller well. It's stabilized at both ends so the impeller
can spin and not actually touch the sides of the well.
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"moe" wrote in message
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I had a simular problem with a stalker online. I ended up having to
shut down everything, getting a new email addy, new site all of it.
I've seen those pins in auto stores. Wonder if it has anything to do
with a drive shaft?
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Changing my ISP (for an unlimited service) was the best move I made since he
can't use my identity and e-mail address to post or sign me up on porn sites
and sex/lesbian NGs anymore, nor can he bomb my new ISP with bogus
complaints using numerous sock-puppets with free disposable e-mail accounts,
or send me threatening e-mail complete with viruses.

You saw the ceramic pins? The other poster had a website for me to check
out but they were not the ceramic pins used by Tetra. A metal pin would
probably work but they didn't look thin enough. The length is also hard to
figure since the ends of the Tetra pin sit firmly in depressions at each end
to hold it stable.
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Went and looked this was a metal pin. My fan did the
samething.........don't cha love people like that. NOT!