[Pairadocs]

Originally Posted by Skip

NOT WD-40! That's part petroleum product that will decay the plastic. Never use an oil or grease on plastic. Pull up the head, wipe it with a paper towel and spray a very little Silicone spray. My old lawn guy used to sprinkle clean sand over it. Never mad


e sense to me but he had 30 years experience doing that. I like the clean and spray better.

Sprinkler heads wear out and eventually it'll need to be replaced and adjusted. They are designed to fail (called "mean time to failure") just like light bulbs.

Skip

Not WD40....ha ha ha, has worked more than fantastic for most of our neighborhood for about 17 years now, sure finally a new head is the best solution.

[Annie66]

Originally Posted by retiredguy123

The filter has nothing to do with the OP's problem.

You are correct. I was simply giving some additional information for a person who appeared to not understand their sprinkler system.

[RICH1]

Astro-glide the shaft!

[Tomptomp]

They are very easy to replace and very inexpensive.

[GOLFER54]

Consider moving 😀

[tophcfa]

Originally Posted by RICH1

Astro-glide the shaft!

And treat yourself to a couple scoobie snacks when you finish.

[Curtisbwp]

Dig up around it. Clean it up. Test the spring

[joelfmi]

QUOTE=camelbob;1924148]Spray the shaft with WD40 and then push it down. Should resolve the issue.[/QUOTE]

[Topspinmo]

After they are In use for while the fine dirt doesn’t get washed out when the pop up pops down the seal get contaminated and causes it to stick in up position. Most sticking ones you can hold the base and unscrew the top cap and the whole guts will come. Now you can get to seal and shaft to clean it. I would also look at shaft for deep scratches or groove worn. Sometimes you can scotch bite the grooves and scratches out. Or just buy the same type, Unscrew the top of the new one and put the guts in the old outer housing. That way you don’t have to dig it up to replace it.

[Topspinmo]

Originally Posted by Annie66

If you live south of CR466, I recommend you turn on the sprinkler system every other month, and inspect each pop-up sprinkler head. Observe the flow out of each head. If each pop-up has a good and strong spray pattern, there's nothing else to do. However, if the flow is weak or intermittent, you should remove the top of the affected pop-up, replace the internal filter with a clean one and then reinstall the sprayer top.

The irrigation water has been really gritty of late and the filters get partially or fully clogged. You can buy a small bag of extra filters at Lowes. Once you've replaced the dirty filters, they can be cleaned with your garden hose.

The only downside of doing this yourself is you must get down on the ground and then get up at each sprinkler head.

I just clean the filter when plugged up.

[retiredguy123]

Originally Posted by Topspinmo

I just clean the filter when plugged up.

I just throw the filter away. I have never understood what purpose the filter serves. It may rarely protect the plastic nozzle from getting damaged, but a new nozzle only costs about $1.50. It seems to me that the filter can only serve to restrict water flow from the nozzle. It think the system works better without filters.

[Topspinmo]

Originally Posted by RICH1

Astro-glide the shaft!

Or can use the old Ky jelly laying around that’s not being used.