Leak out of backwash hose...

[sc-pierce]

at lunch i inspected the valve. as soon as i took the top half off i could tell that the "spider gasket" is the problem. there is one "spoke" that is badly stretched out and out of position and another that is stretched but not nearly as bad as the first.

for the benefit of others on the forum i attached pix where you can see that the "spoke" on the left is arched. sorry for the quality of the photos....camera phone

spider gasket 1.jpg

spider gasket 2.jpg

they have replacements for $7

[kevincad]

I've always been told to rotate the valve in one direction only. I've done that ever since mine was new, and have never had a problem with it. Mine's a clockwise valve! Really, I don't know if I'm just lucky, or whether it's a good idea.

[Poconos]

Somehow in the confusion of the last few days I missed the post of the pics and didn't catch it until todays post. Rotation direction shouldn't matter because once you push the handle out of the detents the valve part that seats on the gasket is raised off the gasket.

Pierce,
I'm curious how you installed the new gasket. Quite a debate occurred in the last couple months.
Al