Purchased a home with an above ground pool, but have zero pool experience. While vacuuming the bottom of the pool, I noted that the vacuum began to lose suction. I checked the pot assembly and saw a bunch of leaves in it. I turned the motor off, removed the lid of the pot assembly and cleared the leaves out. When attempting to put the lid back on, it didn’t want to go, so I exerted quite a bit of downword pressure. After finally getting the lid back on and restarting the motor, I noted that water was leaking where the pot assembly joined the motor. On further inspection I noted that the pot assembly appeared to be very loosely connected to the motor. I turned the motor off again and I could easily pull the pot assembly away from the motor. I noted the pot assembly was threaded, but did not note any damage to the threads. I could not see the threading in the motor, but figured it was made of steel and would be undamaged.
My question is, did I screw the pot assembly and/or motor connection up by putting too much downward pressure on the pot assembly, even though the threads look fine? Secondly, do I need both a new motor and pot assembly?
