Logix 263/268 Valve Spring

This Logix Valve Spring fits the widely used Autotrol 263 and 268 control valves from Pentair, supplying the precise spring tension required for correct internal valve operation. A spring may seem like a minor detail, but it does real work inside the control head: it helps seat components, returns moving parts to position, and maintains the consistent mechanical action that keeps your softener or filter cycling reliably through every regeneration.

Within a Logix-series valve, spring tension ensures that parts return cleanly and seal properly as the valve advances through service, backwash, brine, and rinse. When a spring becomes fatigued, corroded, or goes missing during a prior repair, the symptoms can be subtle at first and then increasingly disruptive: erratic cycling, internal or external leaks, slow or incomplete regeneration, and inconsistent water quality. Replacing the spring with the correct genuine part restores the factory feel and the precise action the valve was built to deliver.

• Genuine Pentair Logix series valve spring
• Fits Autotrol valve models 263 and 268
• Provides correct internal spring tension
• Essential component for valve rebuilds and repairs
• Item weight: 0.02 lbs
• Helps maintain consistent cycling and sealing

For technicians overhauling a Logix valve, including the correct spring in the rebuild is cheap insurance against repeat visits. Springs lose tension gradually, so even one that still functions may be near the end of its useful life; swapping it during a planned service prevents a surprise failure down the road.

Because spring rates are matched to specific valve bodies, confirm you are servicing a 263 or 268 valve before ordering so the tension is correct for your control head. It is also good practice to inspect the discs, seals, and related hardware while the valve is apart, addressing companion wear in the same service. This inexpensive part is well worth keeping in any water treatment repair kit, ready to restore smooth, dependable operation whenever you need it. Since the spring is inexpensive relative to the labor of opening a valve, replacing it whenever the control head is apart is simply good economics, sparing you a second teardown if the original were to give out soon after.