Zodiac Barracuda MX8 Gearbox XShaft and other parts

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One day, your Zodiac Barracuda MX8 pool cleaner will become loopy. Mine started manifesting signs of insanity when it no longer followed the usual patterns, and the pseudorandom behaviour I had come to know over the few years, became more of a spiraling nonsense - like a tortoise chasing it's tail. Each track is driven by a box filled with a reduction gearbox, and a right-angled combination of a cam shaft and a knife-edge follower (what I'm calling the X-shaft) The X-Shaft determines which gear is engaged (forward or reverse). In my case, the knife edge got worn to the point where it no longer engaged the track for the reverse option, making it spiral. This part replaces the original. Be sure to read **Print Settings** for an explanation of how these things come together.