Main drive gear for pool pop up cleaner

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I needed a new impeller gear for my in-floor pool pop-up cleaner that wouldn't spin fast enough to prevent stripping out its gears and slow down the rate at which it switched between sets of pop-ups. This custom design was modeled after the original unit, but with a smaller surface area to catch water, allowing it to spin without putting excessive pressure on the gears. The original impeller would often strip the planet gears as it tried to move from one set of pop-ups to another, so I designed this new gear to resolve that issue.