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GuyBFF · 07-18-2001, 02:15 AM

Mag-Drive's don't have shaft seals!

The only seal is the head unit (this is what can leak in the case). The rotor is magnetically driven and therefore no shaft between an electric motor and the rotor to wear out.

In-Line Shaft Drive units will have a head seal and a shaft seal (as they are shaft driven). When the shaft seal wears they consume liquid and burn out.

Definetly get a mag-drive as they are supposed to be twice as efficient (which means less heat in the water), and when the rotors begin to wear they get louder. They really can't fail until the rotor falls apart!

07-18-2001, 02:15 AM	#5
GuyBFF Cooling Savant Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Winnipeg, MB, CA Posts: 242	Mag-Drive's don't have shaft seals! The only seal is the head unit (this is what can leak in the case). The rotor is magnetically driven and therefore no shaft between an electric motor and the rotor to wear out. In-Line Shaft Drive units will have a head seal and a shaft seal (as they are shaft driven). When the shaft seal wears they consume liquid and burn out. Definetly get a mag-drive as they are supposed to be twice as efficient (which means less heat in the water), and when the rotors begin to wear they get louder. They really can't fail until the rotor falls apart! __________________ A7V8X Danger Den Maze II Danner Mag Drive 350 Heater Core Style Rad Thunderbird 1400 (Soon Barton) 512mb PC2700 CL2 Promise SX4000 Raid 5 w/256mb PC133 Cache 4x40gb Western Digital 7200hdd Plus More...