Had a Fleck 9000 64K System. It failed, due to seals. In hindisght, maybe should have rebuilt sooner - it was nearing 20 years of use in a home.
Old school metal head - took a bit to rework it - the seals were stuck good. Got it apart and cleaned up. Working great!
Or so I thought. About 5 months to the day of the expensive pistons and seal kit, plus the hours of labor and maybe a few swear words attempting to get the internals nice and shiny (wear gloves folks) - she failed.
Backplane cracked at upper piston. No leaks. Not sure it was smart or not, but decided to replace it with a similar unit - 9100sxt.
Why did this happen? Could that backplane have been broken previously and I missed it? Could I have gotten some seals that did not like the chlorinated city water? If there is even different types - they were oem fleck parts. Maybe I screwed something up? Though it was working fine for 5 months.
The bottom piston was very hard to remove. No signs of damage on either piston. But due to age and cost of parts - decided not to gamble and went to new system.
Curiosity has got the best of me.
Old school metal head - took a bit to rework it - the seals were stuck good. Got it apart and cleaned up. Working great!
Or so I thought. About 5 months to the day of the expensive pistons and seal kit, plus the hours of labor and maybe a few swear words attempting to get the internals nice and shiny (wear gloves folks) - she failed.
Backplane cracked at upper piston. No leaks. Not sure it was smart or not, but decided to replace it with a similar unit - 9100sxt.
Why did this happen? Could that backplane have been broken previously and I missed it? Could I have gotten some seals that did not like the chlorinated city water? If there is even different types - they were oem fleck parts. Maybe I screwed something up? Though it was working fine for 5 months.
The bottom piston was very hard to remove. No signs of damage on either piston. But due to age and cost of parts - decided not to gamble and went to new system.
Curiosity has got the best of me.