Dear INYO, I live in California and have a loud motor (possibly ball bearings?). I have a WFE-8 WhisperFlo with service factor 1.30 and HP 2.0  I am willing to give it a try to pull and replace motor ballbearings but wondering if you would recommend that, or recommend switching out the whole pump and not just the ball bearings or motor. I'm not sure I could handle the whole thing as either of the other choices looks easier for me (no water piping connections etc). Also the pool is Salt water and has a lovely computer panel inside the house and I propably couldn't figure out how to get different motor speeds linked up to panel. It is about 12 years old. What do you recommend and what would the correct pool pump be to replace this in Calif if you recommend replacing the whole thing. I've already read all your posts. Thank you so much.