Hi, brand new pool owner. Sav-T 2 pool cover motor (it's OLD). Per previous owner, the rails installed have never been right and it causes problems with the cover. Right now, one side of pool cover opens a few inches earlier than the other. That's really the least of the problems as of this point.
Recently our shear pin broke and we eventually figured out what it was and how to replace it (done, but leading up to figuring it out and replacing it, we did some other things that I think may have caused a new problem). When we were trying to find out why our pool cover wasn't working (and motor just spinning, spinning, spinning), we added some WD-40 to parts in the motor. I think it sprayed up to parts that we should never have greased and now we have a problem. See pictures.
What I would like to know, what is the name of that part that I have circled? The part that we cannot get to stay on the round metal disks, no matter what adjustment, it ends up coming off once we get going on opening or closing the cover. Now our rope is not pulling back nicely and you can see our rope is all disorganized and that needs fixed too.
We are do it ourselves type of people, and would love to fix the ropes and guide to the metal wheels, but thinking I'm going to call out a pro for this since it's so old and we don't know what we are doing (yay us!
). We want to get the guides to stay back on the metal disks, get the rope all organized, and on the opposite side of the motor (see pic) get that area straightened out (suggested to do by previous owner). The problem is, I want to call and get some quotes, but I don't know the names of all these parts to ask. I've found the manual for the SAF T 2 cover, but it doesn't specify the names of the parts that I can tell.
Thanks in advance!! Happy Pooling.
Recently our shear pin broke and we eventually figured out what it was and how to replace it (done, but leading up to figuring it out and replacing it, we did some other things that I think may have caused a new problem). When we were trying to find out why our pool cover wasn't working (and motor just spinning, spinning, spinning), we added some WD-40 to parts in the motor. I think it sprayed up to parts that we should never have greased and now we have a problem. See pictures.
What I would like to know, what is the name of that part that I have circled? The part that we cannot get to stay on the round metal disks, no matter what adjustment, it ends up coming off once we get going on opening or closing the cover. Now our rope is not pulling back nicely and you can see our rope is all disorganized and that needs fixed too.
We are do it ourselves type of people, and would love to fix the ropes and guide to the metal wheels, but thinking I'm going to call out a pro for this since it's so old and we don't know what we are doing (yay us!
). We want to get the guides to stay back on the metal disks, get the rope all organized, and on the opposite side of the motor (see pic) get that area straightened out (suggested to do by previous owner). The problem is, I want to call and get some quotes, but I don't know the names of all these parts to ask. I've found the manual for the SAF T 2 cover, but it doesn't specify the names of the parts that I can tell.Thanks in advance!! Happy Pooling.
