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After replacing all the seals and gaskets on the pump, the pool pump motor ended up also needing its bearings replaced because water had gotten past the multiple seals and into the bearing. The motor is a Century Centurion B1000. It was impossible to find out what size bearings were used. None of the pool companies knew, and I also contacted the manufacture, which led me to their local service center, who spent some time looking for documentation that had the bearing sizes, a

- PART 1 - I’m going to show you the easiest way to make the best helping hands that you can’t buy. For all of my past life, I’ve put up with using the terrible helping hands that I’m certain you’ve also been tortured with. I tried the flex arm solutions that are a little better, but still not great. These super simple helping hands made using off-the-shelf parts are amazing. I can’t believe that I didn’t do this sooner. I use a mini dial indicator arm with a magnetic base an