Help removing thirty year old return eyeball

Dec 2, 2013
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I have been unsuccessful at finding any information on the return eyeball style we have in our pool. Even a photo search on Google didn't provide any information. As you can see from the pictures, the returns have two tabs that look like they either have to be pushed towards the eye or away to release the eyeball. The tabs are not molded into the return so that you can use an eyeball removal tool. My pool guy tried it and a huge chunk of the eye broke off along with the tab.

Any help would be greatly appreciated in removing the ones remaining with the tabs and the ones that are broken and without tabs. Also, if I ever get them out, I'm assuming this will be a three piece return where I can just replace the insides with a new eyeball?

Thanks!
 

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