Here's a problem that I am trying to deal with. Customer is running a Polaris 280. I have serviced the pool since May 2011. I noted a while back that the Universal Wall Fitting (UWF) had not been screwed into the wall completely since before I started servicing the pool, maybe no more than 50%. Now, the UWF has been broken off at the wall due to years of stress. Unfortunately, the part that broke off has the "nubs" used to lock in the pressure relief valve to the UWF. Therefore, I can't use a tool that uses the nubs to "back out" the remaining portion of the UWF from the wall.
My first instinct was to use a hand held hacksaw blade to carefully saw through the part of the UWF that is still in the pool wall. If I could cut enough of it, maybe I could grab a piece of it with pliers and pull it out. The problem with this approach would be that if I sawed too far, I could damage the female threads inside the wall. This would prevent the installation of a new UWF once the bad one was removed. Messing this up would prevent future use of the 280. Not good.
Has anyone faced this before, and if so, what did you do to fix the problem? One thing about this business is that you are always learning, and I've learned: experience counts!
Thanks everyone for your responses.
My first instinct was to use a hand held hacksaw blade to carefully saw through the part of the UWF that is still in the pool wall. If I could cut enough of it, maybe I could grab a piece of it with pliers and pull it out. The problem with this approach would be that if I sawed too far, I could damage the female threads inside the wall. This would prevent the installation of a new UWF once the bad one was removed. Messing this up would prevent future use of the 280. Not good.
Has anyone faced this before, and if so, what did you do to fix the problem? One thing about this business is that you are always learning, and I've learned: experience counts!
Thanks everyone for your responses.