A&A Manufacturing 522634 Gear Kit 5 and 6 Port Kit A

I installed this into my A&A in-ground pool cleaning valve. The valve was worn severely, and the old gears had broken teeth. Installing these components took less than 1/2 hour and I expect to extend the life of the valve by at least another year at a savings of a couple hundred dollars.

Very fast shipping (2 days) and 1/3 the price of the complete replacement part. 10 years ago I bought the full replacement part, this time I purchased the rebuild kit...highly recommended.

Arrived way early. Fit perfectly. Easy repair. Well worth the money. Pool working great again! Will buy again when needed.

The service life for these A&A nylon gear trains is between four and five years. (My pool is 18 years, old and this is my 3rd replacement set.) But they're relatively inexpensive, and easy to replace if you have seen the related YouTube video by Poolinfloor.com. Note the trick in that video about removing the "shoe" from the bottom of the assembly and inserting that back into the manifold by itself first. Otherwise, you'll be futzing with trying to get the entire assembly reinstalled correctly over/under the various manifold poppets.After removing the gear train assembly from the manifold, you will need a tool to pry the retainer clips off the old gears, so you can remove them from their stainless steel posts. Pliers will work. The kit comes with fresh retainer clips for the new gears, and I've found that using a socket of the right size to press the new retainers onto the gear posts makes their installation very easy. Thirty minutes for the whole job.

This is what you need if your pop-up cleaning heads are stuck on or between zones. Even if you open up the assembly and everything appears to rotate when you manually spin the impeller, things will not work under pressure. You’ll notice the teeth on the underside of the impeller are worn away. Note, you may be able to put 2 or 3 additional stainless-steel washers or a spacer between the lower assembly and the impeller to raise the impeller gears to use the unused part of the gear while your waiting to this gear kit to arrive.I used a small flat head screwdriver to pop off the 8 retaining clips. Keep in mind that there are only 8 gear clips and 10 gears. There are no clips for the middle gear on each side. I used a 5/16 nut driver to push down the new clips. Do not push them down too tightly or the assemble won’t operate freely. Make sure that you can turn the outside gear with you fingers causing the inside gears to spin. If not, you’ll need to loosen the individual gears clips until everything spins free.Now, about the quality. The gear set that came with the newly installed pool lasted 7 years. This set lasted 2-½ and the attached picture shows the wear. Maybe there’s something else going on that’s causing more friction but everything appears to be operating freely. Keeps this in mind, mark your calendar, and be prepared to spend $40 in this every 2-½ years.

All parts work great! But the only part you really need is the center impeller

great

The set of gears were great….Easy to install