I've got several presses, including the Lee turret press. It was actually my first press. I have loaded many 10's of thousands of rounds with it, both handgun and also some fairly large rifle cartridges.
I take the Lee turret apart every once in a while when it gets disgustingly dirty, clean and lube it up (Breakfree CLP) and it just keeps running. I don't notice any wear on it at all.
I do also own a Lee "Cast Classic" (I needed something that would take the shotgun sized dies). It certainly is beefier than the turret press but I think I still have a few 10's of thousands of rounds of life left on the turret press. Since all my high volume stuff is now done on a pair of RL550's, I think I will probably never wear the Turret press out.
I have to ask, what the heck were you doing when you broke it?
As far as anything to do with a LEE automatic primer mechanism, I had a couple of LEE Pro-1000's and was one of the unfortunates that had a primer feed tray explosion. Fortunately there were not many primers left in the tray and I came thru without any lasting injuries.... I sold them quickly on Craigslist the following week and got the Dillon's to replace them.
Rick