Well... I did... And they were smashed to pieces.

Got the new shaft in (it was like surgery trying to fish that bitch into the pump through the dist hole while sticking a long "needle" type object to hold it down while I pulled the magnetic stick off.)

Got the drill on it (and by no means is it a weak drill. It's a high torque plug-in, industrial drill) and it won't budge in either direction.

Time for a high volume OP.

I still haven't decided how I'm going to "attack" the job of the swapping the pump. I really don't feel like yanking out the motor.