Product review (5 stars): So far so good and only time will tell how it holds up
it turns out that this wasn't the cause of my washing machine not draining properly, but I installed it anyway!  So far so good and only time will tell how it holds up....  on a side note, my draining problem was caused by a lone pair of girls under garments that eluded detection until the new pump was installed.  After I manually drained out about 10 gallons of water and disconnected the drain hose from the pump "AGAIN", those sneaky skivvies finally reared their ugly head!  After a sigh of relief that the brand new pump I had just bought was actually good, I put everything back together and she's draining like a champ now!!