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The one I'm currently using was obtained from a Electric Motor/Pump Service shop.  I took in an OEM and found a match for 1/2 the price.  It's a basic shaft seal and apparently common.

scotch wrote:

The one I'm currently using was obtained from a Electric Motor/Pump Service shop.  I took in an OEM and found a match for 1/2 the price.  It's a basic shaft seal and apparently common.

Most interesting! Any chance you have additional info?

2 minutes using the search engine on the site and here's your answer.

Scotch's post regarding mechanical seal availability

I can tell you that the job of resurfacing a mechanical seal takes about 5 minutes on a Lapmaster to resurface the stellite face and about 2 minutes on a diamond plate to resurface a carbon seal face, so if you have a mechanical seal refurbishment shop nearby, $10 under the table for one of the boys in the shop should do the trick. Just saying. It ain't rocket science. I must have refaced 200-300 mechanical seals in the 5 years I spent on the tools at the nuclear plant. And I'm surprised if you Don didn't do the same. Most of our mechanical seals averaged between $2000-40000 dollars. The biggest mechanical seal I worked on at the plant was a generator Lube Oil Seal with a diameter of 50 inches and it sealed a shaft rotating at 1800 RPM The total mass of the 3 low pressure turbines, the single high pressure turbine and the generator  was 450 tonnes

Most interesting! Any chance you have additional info?

Sorry - no Generic part number info.

Kawboy wrote:

  And I'm surprised if you Don didn't do the same. 

Actually, I have zero experience with mechanical seals, nuke plant or elsewhere. I worked then ran the Metrology lab. So I could provide you the optical flat and monochromatic light to determine the number of bands.

dcarver220b wrote:

Kawboy wrote:

  And I'm surprised if you Don didn't do the same. 

Actually, I have zero experience with mechanical seals, nuke plant or elsewhere. I worked then ran the Metrology lab. So I could provide you the optical flat and monochromatic light to determine the number of bands.

Got it. You worked in the calibration lab