I'm running into the same issue. This guy made a video showing the issue and replacing the pump.

I'm on my 4th motor and there's never any debris in the filter. I feel like it's a flaw in the connection to the impeller. I tried using epoxy to put the impeller back on, but it didn't hold very long.

I think it's time to replace this thing, but thought I'd just lament with you.

A super pump is much needed, I'm on my 6th pump. Luckily it's a cheap part and fairly simple replacement. But soooo annoying.

So after tearing one of these ASKOLL pumps apart, I’ve noticed that the impeller drive from the motor shaft is a clogged brass piece. However the impeller itself is plastic, all plastic! On new pumps, by design, there is play in the impeller between the plastic and the brass drive. Why I do not know or understand, I believe maybe to help allow the motor to find direction without water resistance… 🤷🏻‍♂️ but that doesn’t make sense either because the pump, by design, can pump water either direction it spins… Anywho, this play is the clicking / chattering sound when the pump first starts even when new!.!. This causes the brass to hammer the plastic impeller back and forth every time the pump starts!!! I am going to experiment on my new cheap replacement pump. I’m going to pop off the impeller right out of the box and glue the impeller onto the brass drive with JB weld. Hopefully just enough to fill the void between the brass drive and the plastic impeller. Maybe this will keep the impeller from prematurely wearing out and or cracking apart (like mine did) from all the hammering it goes through. My ASKOLL pump was replaced September of 2022, and here we are again 14 months later with another good motor but broken impeller. I’m thinking that doing this to the new pump there will be enough “meat” on the new plastic impeller cog that the JB weld will be able to stop and hold the impeller tight to the brass drive. This may very well solve the problems of the impeller failing, or at least I will learn first hand why they designed it to be loosely fitted in the first place. 🤣🤞

I've had the same issue as everyone else - the impeller breaking off. I'm currently on my 2nd replacement impeller. For the third go-around, which I'm sure will come soon, I made a beefed up, 3d printed impeller. I used PETG as the material.

Here's the files on grabCAD. --) https://grabcad.com/libr...er-drain-pump-impeller-1

Hope it helps someone out..

Kevin

LG should refund us all the money!