Help! What has happened to my cleaners wheels

[Middy]

Hi everyone,
Has anyone seen this on the wheels of a cleaner? I checked in with the pool store and very disappointed that all they did was blame me for keeping it in the pool when putting in chemicals.
The one thing I do faithfully is take me cleaner out of the pool except when it is being used.

Any advice and suggestions on removing this gummy grey stuff would be appreciated.

 

[Middy]

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[ajw22]

What model cleaner?

Slap a new set of tires on it.

 

[aussieta]

need to fit snow tires this time of year
seriously though, must be a manufacturing defect, or was left in the sun and the bonding melted
i would put a smear of epoxy on the wheels and refit the tires

 

[Middy]

What model cleaner?

Slap a new set of tires on it.

It's a little Polaris 280. It's always doing wheelies and crawling up the sides more than crawling on the bottom.
I will try changing tires. Thanks?

 

[Middy]

need to fit snow tires this time of year
seriously though, must be a manufacturing defect, or was left in the sun and the bonding melted
i would put a smear of epoxy on the wheels and refit the tires

I wondered about a defect. Its only 8 months old. Checked with the pool store again today after posting and this time they told me that was pretty normal and that they looked good.

 

[ajw22]

Part 20 are the tires....

Automatic pool cleaners, Polaris 280 Parts Diagram

Polaris pool cleaner model 280 parts Diagram

www.mypool.com

 

[Middy]

Part 20 are the tires....

Automatic pool cleaners, Polaris 280 Parts Diagram

Polaris pool cleaner model 280 parts Diagram

www.mypool.com

thank you so much.

 

[kul]

It's always doing wheelies and crawling up the sides more than crawling on the bottom.

My suction vacuum zodiac mx6, though not a Polaris, also does this and I’m not quite sure how to resolve this issue. It’s not a suction problem. I thought I fixed it by removing an adapter I was trying out, but the fix was temporary. Let me know what works for you.

 

[generessler]

The tires of my Polaris 380 do wear out, though it takes a couple of years, not 8 months. They're super easy to change out. You can extend the life a bit by "rotating" them among the wheels at the start and end of the season to even out the wear.

My robot's in the pool all year, 24 hours a day. (It's designed for that.) The only chemical ever added regularly is muriatic acid, diluted. Salt and maybe calcium once a year. Poured away from the robot. No trouble so far.

I've given up worrying about what the robot looks like it's doing. While it seems to be spending all its time on walls, in corners and hung up in various ways, the pool is clean after a couple of hours. Maybe it only works when we're not looking.

Thoughts:

• Maybe as others said you just got soft tires. I have two 380s purchased several years apart. The materials and workmanship on the newer one are not as good as the old. The story of life...
• Maybe your pool's inner surface is especially rough so it's "laying rubber" rather than sliding when it bumps into things.
• Does the 280 have a check for wheel rotation rate? Maybe it's getting too much pressure, and that's causing undue wear.

Regardless, I'd ditch that pool store. I've lost count of the number of things that the "pool professional" who managed ours for the previous owner messed up. Now, all parts and supplies including the new 380 come via Amazon. All the knowledge comes from TFP. No regrets.