Installing a Polaris 180 Pool Cleaner Back Wheel

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Watch as a seasoned professional demonstrates how to install the back wheel of a Polaris 180 Pool Cleaner in this free online video about home pool maintenance.

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"ALLYN CHRISTOPHER: All right, we're going to put the back wheel on. Now, this is a little bit different than the front ones only in the sense that you already know is it does not have a shield on it, okay? And that's all right because this is a passive wheel; it actually doesn't engage or deal with the turbine at all. A little secret though is that if you chew up one of these wheels, you can actually switch this one out as a backup 'cause, again, it's just open, it doesn't get chewed up. Try not to do that, but be aware that it can't flip into place and that's why this one has the teeth. Just, you know, you just make one mold. Smart, just like all the other ones, we are replacing the--but these are the original parts except for the brass lock washer which comes new in your kit. And that's pretty much the last thing you're going to find in that kit. So we're going to put this beside here, and now, I started to pre-install here, you're going to notice, under here there is the--there are little guides to stop this thing from spinning. So, I'm going to try to gently set it roughly in place here. Now, it has been worn over age. I'm going to put my finger on it, okay? And we're going to actually take one of this out to make it just a bit easier on the install process. I'm going to try to set this through. Oh boy, here we go. Set this through the hole. All right, now, this is [INDISCERNIBLE] wrong hole there. There, right there. There you go. See, it's all easier said than done, I swear. Okay. And I'm going to place it in. We're going to try to get it started. Now, with the original screws in place here, sometimes it's a little bit difficult. I'm going to use a regular--get in there--Phillips head. That's it. I'm going to try to massage it into where it needs to be. Get them on, I'm feeling it. Got it. It's real tactile thing. There we go. It's at home. I can feel it pushing it through. Now, again, I'm not going to tighten it too much 'cause that's going to make the installation of the other one just a bit easier. So, here we go, I'm going to set that in place. Now, I'm going to flip the whole thing over. All right. I'm going to try to begin maybe a mini half thread there if we're lucky. Come on. There we go. Pressing it in to make sure that rails will catch it. Hold my finger on it and we're going to get that screwdriver, trying to do much--you drink too much coffee, you get the shakes. All right. There we go. All right, it's bit on both of them. All I got to do is give them a couple of love twists. And now, we got all of your wheels attached."

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