I have a Kohler jacussi tub with a broken pump and Kohler does not have replacement pump parts for our model (only 7 years old). What can I do?
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See this is your first post, Welcome.
What I would do is go scrounge thru one of my 'strategic reserve' sheds and find something close to what was needed, and do the repair.
That really IS what I'd do, not intended as satire.
Let us know what your capabilities, etc. are and what exactly broke.
If "broken pump" means that all you know is it quit working, then there is a long way to go.
Who made the pump? It was not Kohler! Find similar on the web, and figure out which specific part you need for a fix.
Have you yet torn the pump down to figure out which part failed, etc.......
I have replaced lots of pumps. They are generally about $200. No need to get a Kohler, just get one with a comparable capacity that has the same fittings in the same position. The only problem I have had was that sometimes its a pretty tight fit.
Did you try and find out who it was that made the pump for Kohler?
Not a whole lot of innovation with pumps in the past seven years. Good chance that company is still making the same model.
Check with a plumbing outfit/distributor in your area.
J. D. Reynolds
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Thanks for your input but we already tried that. Our local plumber took out the pump and took aprox 3 months to try to replace the pump, motor and contact Kohler all to no avail and finaly replaced the old pump so at least we could take a bath in our bathroom rather than going to the other end of the house to use the Spare bathroom.