SWG End Caps Too Tight. Can't remove.

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KenB123

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Apr 12, 2020
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Hello to all. New member here.

I have a Hayward T-CELL-15 SWG that I wish to clean. Problem is the end caps are too tight for me to remove just via hand strength. Is there a tool that I can purchase to wrap around the caps to unscrew them? I attached a picture of the unit . Screwed-on end caps are shown at top and bottom

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Thanks.
 
went through that yesterday myself. a big set of channel lock pliers and two guys. ended up taking off the outlet pipe from the filter after I got the other end off. we tried a strap wrench but that didn't work too well either. so I held the pipe by standing on it while my neighbor used the pliers and it finally broke the seal.

I think the idiots who installed it got some pipe dope on it because it was wayyyyyyy toooooo tight. once I cleaned the salt cell I put it back together and lubed it with some Jack's and hand tightened it. so far no leaks but it did booger up the fitting fairly well. I ordered two more off Amazon last night to have as back ups.
 
After struggling using a strap wrench for a few years at open/close, I finally bought the big channel lock pliers to do it all with ease. I misplaced them immediately after the first fall and spent all winter looking for them. Convinced I would never find them I bought a 2nd pair to reassemble everything that spring. A week later the old ones magically appeared so now I have 2. Ain’t that always the way ? :hammer:
 
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