Hayward AXV066A Spindle Gear Bushing

Hayward AXV066A is the spindle gear bushing used across a broad run of Hayward suction side pool cleaners. It is a molded plastic part and it is the bearing the spindle gear turns in.

Why a small bushing matters

A suction cleaner is driven entirely by water passing through a turbine and a train of gears. Every gear in that train has to stay on its axis for the teeth to mesh where they were designed to. When a bushing wears oval, the gear it carries starts to wander, the mesh goes off, and the gears either side begin taking damage. A cleaner that has grown noisy or lost its pattern is often one worn bushing away from needing a whole gearbox.

Fitment

This part is cataloged with the Navigator, Pool Vac and Pool Vac Ultra, AquaBug, Diver Dave, Wanda the Whale and the Arneson Aquadroid families. That is a wide net, so confirm AXV066A against the parts list for your own cleaner before ordering, and inspect the gear it runs against while you have the drive open.