DIYwannabe
New Member
I attempted to replace the upper and lower pistons on my fleck 9000 that were leaking. I initially replaced them both and restarted my system but noticed my softener was working. We had hard water, rust showing up in the toilet etc. I had a neighbor tell me that there is a certain deal/spacer configuration for the upper and lower pistons and that if it isn't perfect the system won't work. I took everything back apart and am attempting to reassemble everything correctly to see if that solves my issue. I'm having some trouble with the lower piston. The configuration I was told was (seal, special spacer, seal, spacer, seal, spacer, seal, spacer, seal, spacer, seal, end plug) Is that correct? I can't seem to fit the lower piston back in the lower valve bowl with this configuration as it seems too tight and I can't reattach the timer housing to the valve assembly because the lower piston seems to be sticking out too far. It would have help if I had paid better attention when taking the lower piston out the first time . Can someone confirm if my configuration for the lower piston is right and if this is a common reassembly problem for the lower piston? Any help is greatly appreciated. Thank you for taking the time to read.