i broke my hayward ec-65 de filter

[fog80]

I would just but the new piece from Hayward thru a dealer. I had the same filter, DE's are tedoius but do a great job filteing. My hayward 65 actually started leaking through the actual side of the filter. looked like stress crack, couldnt seal it up anyway. So I went out an bought a Hayward sand filter, less work involved and now ready to install it. I believe you can replace the top piece and use your old fingers etc. Pretty easy to replace
Mike

i searched around the net and the top piece is going to cost 130 bucks or so. I think i'll probably replace that instead of getting a new DE filter altogether.

right now im manually using the bump handle to push down the metal thing in the middle of the top (normally i would be pulling the handle down to do this but the piece broke off that gives me leverage).

how much play should that metal piece have when "bumping" im noticing that the "pin" goes in and out approximately .25-.50 inch. Is that enough to be considered "bumping"?

When I do it, the pressure does go down temporarily on the DE filter.