Hayward spider gasket...uh missing?

[Poconos]

Nope, no hints. Never took mine apart that far. If you're fighting spring tension then maybe some way to compress the spring. Like a big C-clamp? Just a totally uneducated quess. Hopefully someone else will chime in.
Al

[scarywoody]

Nope, no hints. Never took mine apart that far. If you're fighting spring tension then maybe some way to compress the spring. Like a big C-clamp? Just a totally uneducated quess. Hopefully someone else will chime in.
Al

Yeah i had some c clamps that barely fit the thing and they would bend, but not compress very well. Now I have some big ones I'm going to try to even out the pressure with. I'll report back

[scarywoody]

Yeah sooo the 2 big c clamps worked. I put a piece of wood under to keep it level and then a smaller piece on top to spread out the love. Popped the pin back in. Put it back together and it worked. Hehe well almost...the handle is on backwards, but I can live with that for now I guess.

I didn't use the spider gasket at all. My model has the gasket on the piece that comnes out when you undo the screws. A thin white gasket. I have seen 0 documentation of this anywhere. Ah well.

[KurtV]

Here's the owner's manual (though that may be the shoddy documentation you already have). It does have the procedure for removing and replacing the handle, at least.

[scarywoody]

hahah yeah I read that and it sounds simple. I was standing on the thing and it wouldn't go down far enough to let me put the pin in. I'm 210lbs too, so it take more force than they lead you too believe