I am trying to troubleshoot my Polaris 280 Black Max. When I pull it near the surface of the water (to count rotations) which wheels should be spinning? On mine,
Which wheels should spin?
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Thank you so much. It’s very helpful to have the manual. Do you know which wheels should be spinning? I see that the manual tells you to count the single wheel rotations. But should the other wheels also be spinning when it is off the pool floor?
The turbine drive shaft turns via water flow. The gears on each end of the drive shaft mesh with gears in the wheels of the single wheel on one side and the front wheel on the 2 wheel side. So water flow drives the 2 wheels attached to the drive shaft. Friction from the idler wheel ( the small wheel) between 2 big wheels drives the back wheel on the 2 wheel side. If all is properly aligned, when out of the water (no flow), if you turn any wheel then all 3 wheels should turn.
Hope this clarifies how the wheels rotate.
Hope this clarifies how the wheels rotate.
- Nov 12, 2017
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- 12300
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Counting tire rotations is one way to confirm/adjust the speed of your vac. But you should be doing that while the vac is on the bottom, not in your hands or otherwise off the floor of the pool. If you can't see the wheels turn, then you can temporarily put a small piece of tape on one of the tires so you can more easily count the revolutions.
