A&A Tsunami Valve Eating Gears

[Rocketman240]

I have a 6-port, low-profile Tsunami valve for pop-up in-floor cleaners in my pool. It uses a gear-set like this one: (https://www.amazon.com/Manufacturing-540277-6-Port-Low-Parts/dp/B00HEAPGZ8).

It’s eating the small pinion gears so much that I need to replace them every month or 2. Has anyone seen this before? Know the root cause? I’m guessing that the bowl is out of round and causing too much friction / gears to bind. Thoughts?

 

[ajw22]

Welcome to TFP.

Are you using genuine A&A parts?

Let’s see what @proavia thinks.

 

[Rocketman240]

Welcome to TFP.

Are you using genuine A&A parts?

Let’s see what @proavia thinks.

Yep, all parts are OEM.

 

[proavia]

Are you the original owner?
If so, you should have a lifetime warranty on those parts.

Contact A&A (now Pentair) and ask what might cause your gears to fail so quickly.
Something isn't right as the gearset and gears should last for years.
Time how quickly the IFCS changes from one zone to the next and report that here.

Post a few pics of your water valve as an assembled unit and with the top off.
You can also take measurements of the diameter of the lower housing gear from several different data points around its circumference to check if it's out of round.