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Summary: How to replace the pods and repair a Hayward Aquabug swimming pool cleaner; get professional tips and advice from an expert on pool maintenance and outdoor appliances in this free instructional 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
Alright, time to put the pods back on. Remember, these are the little feet that move back and forth and do all the work, we talked about earlier on replacing the shoes. She's got some brand new shoes on here. Looking good. Now let's go and see how it goes back into the frame here at the bottom. So these are keyed a little bit here too. Flat on one side, round on the other. One of the ways to test to see if your pods are good, and I'll show you after I get them back on, is to make sure that they're stiffly attached to the "A" frame stems. Now, obviously you could put them on incorrectly, I guess, but I don't know. Even as a layman this probably doesn't look right to you. Alright, they should actually go like this. Now, how do they help you make sure that that happens? Well, cleverly. It actually says "R" right there. Okay, and several places throughout the cleaner you're going to see an indication that this is the right, and this is the left, or right and left, or however it appears on your computer screen. So, we're going to take the right here and place it, aha, straight there. Look at that. Look at that. Right on, bop, there. And then to set it home, don't forget, all you're going to need are the screws, quarter inch nut driver, and remember your power drill. Take your little bit off, it becomes the quarter inch nut driver. So we're going to put it in here and again, seriously, make sure that your torque is on the very least setting and then move it up slowly or it will send the screw halfway through the cleaner. Here we go. Make sure you've got a magnetic one. Doesn't matter. These are aluminum screws. There we go and there we go. That's beautiful. Now, to finish it up, and again. Right, so I'm going to bring my right wing in over, under this nib, over the hook, over the hook, little pod plug right there, and I like to give it a little love tap. And all you're going to do is repeat the procedure on the other side and you will have two beautifully assembled pods with wings.