Merging Kit

2. Install bearings, shield side out. Insert
compound gear shaft with inner bear
ing.
Install new compound gear. Note: Gear
ma
y seem tight.
3. Once gear is installed attach e-clip. Push the
compound gear shaft through, secure it to
the other side with another e-clip. E-clips
should snap into place.
4. Place the longest hub of the new drive gear
into the new turbine wheel.
5. Push the drive shaft through the new turbine
bearing, turbine wheel, drive gear and install
single-wheel side wheel with bearing. Secure
with e-clip.
6. Lay the frame on the single-wheel side and
place the drive belts over the axle block
shafts. Install the new bearing shields.
7. Install the new double-wheel side wheels with
bearings, e-clips and the hub caps. Engage
each belt by pushing the belt onto the pulley
while turning the wheel. The small belt should
be on the inside of the transfer pulley and the
large belt on the outside with the belt divider
separating them.
8. Place the frame on the double-wheel side.
Push the axle blocks toward the outside
edge of the Polaris until the belts have 1/4"
tension and tighten the axle block screws.
9. Remove two back screws from new pre-
assembled new body. Lift off back plate.
Push in vacuum tube latch to remove top.
10. Place lower turbine housing into base. Place
ne
w base w
eight on rear jet retainer flush
against the v
acuum tube
.
11.
Slide fr
ame onto ne
w base
.
Reinstall three
of the 3/4” screws into frame. Place upper
turbine housing cover on, then screw in the
f
our
th and final 3/4”
scre
w.
12. Install feed pipe and o-ring. Reinstall the
three f
eed pipe screws.
13. From the back, slide top in and over vacuum
tube. Align top and base and snap into place.
IMPORTANT: Top should be secured by
the vacuum tube latch.
14. Slide on back plate and reinstall screws to
secure the thrust jet. You may have to create
tension on the thrust jet to line up the holes.
15. Attach new head float. pushing it forward as
close to the Polaris as possible.
16. Attach the new bag.
17. Attach sweep hose using the new
attachment clamp.
Replacement of In-line Back-up Valve
1. Remove any existing in-line back-up valve.
The replacement Polaris in-line back-up
valve and float should be installed 30” from
the cleaner.
2. Install the new float as shown below. It may
be helpful to tr
im the end of the hose at an
angle so the hose can be pulled through the
float with needle nose pliers. Once the float
is installed, tr
im the hose square.
3. Attach the back-up valve to the hose with the
flow arrow pointing toward the cleaner.
4.
Push the ne
w float as close to the bac
k-up
v
alve as possible.
1/4"
Deflection
Base
Weight
Rear Jet Retainer
Vacuum Tube
Latch
30" Section
Polaris
Add Float
Flow ArrowMender Nut