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Came across this on RC, you may see a well known person there too
Yeah !!
Overhauling/Pimp my Pump, nice from the person to share it and the price of the parts is unbeatable. It would be only for those pumps out of warranty of course.
Looks like a cheap and easy way to service a noisy vortech. Thanks for the link.
And I didn't want to say it in the thread, as I figure I probably bashed Ecotech enough, but yeah they did offer a cheaper price to simply "swap it out" than the $220 or whatever cost. Its really hard not to look down at them seeing how relatively easy it is to fix, they charge $175 I think it was, keep the old parts, give me new ones, refurbish the part, and sell it to the next guy at $175.
Also FYI those little black sticker dohickies that you use the black zipties to hold to your tank so the wetside doesn't fall, saw them at home depot, cost like $2 for the 10 of the sticker thingies (or 100 for $10) and about $4 for 100 of the tiny black zipties.
-Mike 
This is a super link. I know many of here have had or will have the same issue at some point. The ceramic bearings look like it might be something to try out. 
heheh I absolutely loved that post.
-Mike