Replacement Main Gear & Shaft for Fleck 5600 Control Valve (Part# 13170)

I ordered this part by mistake but since its been thirty years since the part has been changed out I kept it anyway and made the change. Fits and works as advertised.

Withouth this gear the softener is useless after replacing the gear, the softener is perfect. It was the solution i was looking for. My softener is 15 years old and running excellent thanks to replacment part suppliers like this.

This is the correct part for the main gear on the Fleck 5000 water treatment system. It didn't come over night because it came through USPS. I installed it and now my system is back up and working properly.

My part came in a very reasonable timeframe. It is working fine, (on a water filter), thanks, David Thompson

The gear on our 8 year old Fleck started to strip due to the plunger getting stuck with deposits. This replacement is the same as the original and installed fine. Make sure you line up all 3 gears correctly during installation. It took me a couple of tries of installing, plugging in the power to let it run, then removing when I noticed the gears were misaligned.

Had to replace seals, spacers and piston do to malfunctioning valve. Since softener is almost 20 years old, I decided to replace main gear as it is in direct contact with upper part of piston and is a usual wear point. Old gear had a little wear where in contact with piston. Found online instructions on how to correctly replace main gear. Quick, easy replacement. Recommend looking for online instructions if you have not done this before.

Works as intended.

Works great