The Infamous Vortech Ceramic Shaft Failure?

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Is this the infamous Vortech impeller shaft noise I read about?

What’s the latest on DIY repairs for this?

 

[Tamberav]

Take it apart and look at it.

You can now buy the shaft frame without buying a whole new side. Which should have been something offered much sooner. I ended up getting rid of my vortechs because buying a new $$$ wetside every time was unacceptable.

 

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Take it apart and look at it.

You can now buy the shaft frame without buying a whole new side. Which should have been something offered much sooner. I ended up getting rid of my vortechs because buying a new $$$ wetside every time was unacceptable.

Ugh what the f $50 with shipping

That’s half the price of a new wet side, and 1/3 the price of a Jecod!

May be time to go to the dark side and get one of the Chinese knockoffs!

 

[Tamberav]

Ugh what the f $50 with shipping

That’s half the price of a new wet side, and 1/3 the price of a Jecod!

May be time to go to the dark side and get one of the Chinese knockoffs!

haha, well it used to be a whole new wet side.... every... time.

 

[Freenow54]

Take it apart and look at it.

You can now buy the shaft frame without buying a whole new side. Which should have been something offered much sooner. I ended up getting rid of my vortechs because buying a new $$$ wetside every time was unacceptable.

Google it Lots of fixes for them one guy has spare shafts

 

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Google it Lots of fixes for them one guy has spare shafts

You’ll have to be a little more specific. Searches only come up with a bunch of people complaining about problems they’ve had, and a few DIY fixes

 

[IceNein]

Hopefully with their patent expiring soon they will be forced to innovate. As an example of how much ecotech is ripping people off, they'll sell you a battery back up for $220 that's 18 amp hours. You can buy a 20 amp LiFePO battery for $60, and spend $50 on a charge controller and get more battery for half the price. The battery will also likely have a much longer lifespan.

But just like Red Sea, every store pushes Ecotech.

 

[Freenow54]

You’ll have to be a little more specific. Searches only come up with a bunch of people complaining about problems they’ve had, and a few DIY fixes

I will try to provide links not that good at that

 

[C_AWOL]

Is your wetside out of warranty? Normally ecotech will take care of you if it's in warranty with 0 issues.
While I haven't seen the jebao wetsides sold on their own, I can confirm that the dmp40 wet side is usable on an mp40 and vice versa(not sure if theres long term issues though) if you can source one for a low price

 

[dangles]

Is your wetside out of warranty? Normally ecotech will take care of you if it's in warranty with 0 issues.
While I haven't seen the jebao wetsides sold on their own, I can confirm that the dmp40 wet side is usable on an mp40 and vice versa(not sure if theres long term issues though) if you can source one for a low price

Out of warranty for one and the other was used. If I end up needing to replace the wet side I'll definitely consider just going with the Jecods instead!

 

[Freenow54]

Try goggling Vor Tech Pump noise repair. found numerous links hopefully you find the one I did were he replaced the ceramic shaft

 

[Jonreefer]

I broke a mp10 shaft years ago and fixed it with shrink tube. Worked perfect

MP10 Ceramic Shaft Broken

I know this is reviving an old thread but thought it was useful. I just got an MP10 the other day and I dropped the wetside getting ready to place it in the tank :mad::mad: cracked the shaft in half the wet side still works but its got a slight rattle if I turn it up to high. I think i am going...

www.reef2reef.com

this was the shrink tube i used
Amazon product

 

[Freenow54]

I can't see the picture but I get it. I have never experienced all of this but mine the impeller just gets jammed