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Summary: Care and maintenance of the Wanda the Whale above ground pool cleaner, learn about replacing the A frames with a screw driver in this free maintenance video.
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Allyn Christopher Allyn Christopher has decades of experience in the swimming pool industry. He managed a pool store for over 10 years, and is a master at repairing cleaners a... read more
Now that the pods are gone and we're just left with the A frames, well, we've got a chance to inspect these, making sure that they spin freely, that the bearings are, well, there, and are also un-occluded, and again, don't forget that there are no bearing shields in here so they are allowed to be flip-floppity, that's the normal operation. Sometimes these guys do need to be replaced, and actually, it's only a one-screw operation, but you've got to do a little moving here and there. We're going to take our drill here, we're going to use it to this screw, and just simply back it off. Now, the repairs are easily done with a hand held screwdriver, it's just that the automatic one makes it easier when we're dealing with talking to you on camera, not wasting your time. But the important thing to remember is, when you're screwing things in, make sure that the torque is set to its' lowest setting, or you'll drive these screws straight through the plastic, important safety tip. Once that's removed, now we can just sort of scootch these guys out by pushing them through. If they're going to give you a hard time like that, (why you little), we're going to use a little screwdriver to get the bearing shield out, that will give us just a bit more space, comes right out of there. Again, I'm not even going to mess with the other one, going right for the bearing shield and the screwdriver, yeah, that's it. And then down in the bottom here, this is the other end of the bearing shield which sits in there. Now that we've got these out, we can replace them when it comes time, and now all we're left with is the bottom assembly and the flaps, which we've discussed in a previous clip, and we're ready to move on to the insides.