Hayward spider gasket...uh missing?

[scarywoody]

Model is 244T and the vari-flo is SP714.

While filtering last night I notcied water leaking out the waste line. After some research i determines it to be the spider gasket. I got a new and took the top off the variflo and there is nothing there! I was already to scrape some gasket and it's just clean black plastic. Where could it have gone?

[scarywoody]

Now the o crap moment. Is the gaskey supposed to be on the body of the valve part I pulled out or should i see it when I look down into the filter?

[Poconos]

Supposed to be on the lower body of the valve. The part that doesn't move. You should see the channels where it seats moulded into the plastic.
Al

[scarywoody]

Yeah it's weird I undid the 6 screws and pulled the lid/handle off and there is just flat black plastic there. No grooves or anything. Hmmm you'd think they'd have some decent documentation on changing the thing.

[Poconos]

That's interesting. All the diagrams I've found have no reference to a spider gasket. Same parts info for mine, the 711 model, do show the gasket as a replacable item. Maybe Hayward changed the design and either built it into a replacable assembly or eliminated it somehow. I do agree, the info detail stinks. Sorry I can't be of any help.
Al

[scarywoody]

Ugh it gets worse. Wife took the valve to the pool store and they took the handle off...and then couldn't get the pin back in. Any tips for getting the handle back on?