That $300 flood coolant pump I cheaped out on failed after 3 months

Tbh I thought I was being smart saving money with a no-name pump from Amazon for my Haas mill. It worked fine at first, but then it started making this grinding noise last week and just died on me mid-job. I lost a whole shift waiting for a replacement and now I'm wondering if the genuine Yamada pump for $600 would've been worth it. Anyone else get burned by going budget on coolant pumps?

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patricia55819d ago

Haas VF-2? I run one too. That Yamada pump is overpriced for what it is. You can rebuild the cheap ones for like 20 bucks. I had the same problem with a no-name pump after 4 months. Pulled it apart and the impeller was just loose on the shaft. Tightened it up and it's been fine for a year now.

clark.alex19d ago

Oh man, I gotta push back a tiny bit on the rebuilt cheap pump thing. I mean yeah you can tighten an impeller for free if that's the issue, but most of those no-name pumps have ceramic shafts that crack when you look at them wrong. I went down that rabbit hole with a $35 pump off Amazon and it seized up in like 3 months. The impeller was fine actually, but the bearings turned to dust. Rebuild kits for those cheap ones are hit or miss too, sometimes the seals just don't fit right. So I'd say the Yamada is overpriced for sure but there's a middle ground, like a Graco or even a used ARO pump that you can actually get parts for without guessing. Just my two cents from killing way too many pumps on a VF-2.

adamthompson19d ago

That Graco middle ground is where I landed too after three cheap pumps died on me...