Broken lateral on my filter

[Poconos]

Have no idea how hard they are to find but running the filter without sand shouldn't hurt anything. Is there a Bypass or Recirculate setting on the valve? Those will bypass the filter too.
Al

[bassadict69]

Luckily, the pool store here has about 30 of the laterals in stock for my filter. I plan to buy several so I can have a couple of spares.

I wish would have thought about the recirculate setting last night. I could have used that & ran the pump without ever reassembling the filter. I will know better next time. Thanks Poconos!

[tonyl]

FYI.....you might fill the filter 1/2 way up with water before pouring in the sand. Just a helpful tip that might keep you from breaking laterals. Depending on how old the system is, they might break anyway.