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I guess I have tried everything I can get my hands on to stick valve seat gaskets (spider gaskets)in the multiport valve without having to wait for hours or days for the glue to dry before starting the pump. Seems to me that there must be a glue to stick the gasket in place while wet or at worst moist. Have tried silicone, contact cement, nitrile rubber cement, gorilla glue, and I don't know what else but after a few weeks or months most turn loose of the gasket or the seat and the valve starts to leak water to waste. Any suggestions?

Hi, You might try a glue used to set the weatherproof gaskets on car doors etc.  It can be found in most auto shops. ie. Autozone, Pepboys.

 

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Ken B

I have used silicone for years. Glue it and you may never be able to repair it again. A good clean contact surface area, small amount of silicone and work the new gasket down into the groove to remove air. I usually put a small amount of silicone lube on the gasket top and let the diverter squash it all down and hold. Have the customer leave it off for several hours, even a day.

The culprit here though, is moving that dial valve without first turning off the pump and letting the water actually come to a stop. The water is traveling very fast inside the dial valve and if the diverter gets lifted while the water is flowing, it will just peel the gasket up.