Not only did this video clear up how to adjust the left stop compared to other videos and other "documentation" online, it cleared up that adjusting the right stop was a matter of trial and error by both twisting the top back to the left stop and back to see where the new right stop is after turning the right stop adjustment screw!
I was just installing these in my yard and was scratching my head over this problem! Thanks, exactly what I needed to know. I thought that maybe I was forced to loosen the entire thing to get it pointing where I needed, but doing that probably increases likeliness to leak at the base under the dirt. Glad I searched around and came across this.
Thank you so much what I don't understand is why no one else including Rainbird can explain how to do this the right way ? I felt like an idiot until I watch your very informative video, and after watching you I finally figured it out. I am in Kennewick Washington and I appreciate your help !! I liked and subscribed to your channel because of it, I can't tell you how happy I am to get this fixed. Had to turn my water off for 3 days because it was going over my fence into my neighbors yard and tearing up my shed, thanks to you I was able to adjust the arc correctly.
Thanks for the video! My husband and I looked everywhere for how to reset the left stop and nothing anywhere made sense! You just saved us a nice chunk of change! Also saved our exterior walls from sprinklers shooting straight at them.
Thankyou very much sir. Your video is a life saver. I tried the to adjust the left stop by turning right and then left but it did not work. Only your method worked like a wonder
Very good explanation. Most others show how to move the left stop even more to the left. But they almost never talk about moving the left stop a bit more toward the right. Nice job.
I went through many videos and most of them were too mechanical and didn't solve the issue of adjusting the Rain Bird 5000. After this one it seems so easy and results were perfect to the desired sprinkle arc and distance. Thanks
I don't know about the others but the instructions for the 5000's state that you can disassemble as you show, or just ratchet/swing it all the way to the left stop, then keep pushing to spin it internally to where you want it. I've done it on mine and it is very easy.
Mate, thanks for the awesome video, the manufacturer didn’t even provide this info! Luckily I found you in TH-cam after trying a few times and almost turn the head off the pipe... 👍
Grass Daddy i’m having the same problem you are. I unscrewed the cap and insured that the body is not moving by digging the grass and dirt out. I turned the turret clockwise like you did. But my problem is I lose the left stop when I screw the cap back on and is misaligned. I think maybe I should do like you said in the video make sure I turn the turret to the right and then to the left and ensure that I am at my in left stop.
I followed your directions and that was exactly the problem. I did not turn the head all the way to the right and then back to the left prior to tightening down the cap. I think it’s important to note that you can fine-tune the position with the notches or the teeth that’s inside of the base.
This is part of my lawn renovation with the irrigation heads. Also I watched your peat moss top dressing video about a month ago when we used your recommendation. Pete Moss is so much easier to spread versus compost
The reason the other videos aren't showing it this way is because this isn't the way it's designed to be done. You don't need to unscrew the top. Here's the way I remember how the stops work. It's easier to do this while they are running because the part that rotates will be up and that is the part that you grab and twist to move the stops. If you lightly twist the rotating part each direction you can feel where both the left and right stops are. Now if you rotate it to the left stop and then apply force you will overpower the stop and move it further to the left. However, you will also move the right stop to the left the same amount. Likewise, if you move to the right stop and overpower it and move the right stop further right, the left stop will also move the same amount right. In other words, the size of the arc remains unchanged, you are only shifting the entire arc left or right by overpowering the stops. That's the easy way to remember how the stops work. The reason why they talk about setting the left stop is because when you use the set screw to adjust the size of the arc, it only shifts the right stop to change the size. So, if you have the left stop set correctly, you adjust the screw to increase or decrease the size of the arc until the right stop is correct. If the size of the arc is OK, just shift the entire arc left or right by overpowering the appropriate stop.
Only one thing missing- show the before and after adjustment performance. Would also be cool to calculate precipitation rate difference in the target area, assuming your watering time is constant. I could help with that if you'd like. I just started watching the videos on your channel in the last month or so. I am enjoying the content, thank you.
The left stop can be adjusted without doing all that. Just turn it to the right until it clicks then return to the left and keep going as far as you need to. It has a slip clutch inside. No digging or unscrewing required.
@@LowEtsRock It looks like Rainbird has notice all the left stop complaints (99 out of 100, the left stop is too far left). The 5000 is no longer listed on the Rainbird website; only the 5004. Good for new customers, and maybe good as a retrofit for the rest of us.
Agree w/ several comments below. So many videos don't show the opening of the cylinder to adjust the left stop. Thanks much. You also mention the models this applies to. Great.
I just rotate CCW (counter clock wise) to the stop. Then, I mark the top with a white marking pen and leave the rotor at the left stop. When I re install, I align the starting pointy to my desired left edge, then use my screw driver to set the right edge.
One of the better vids I've seen of making that adjustment but everyone always just glosses over... "turn until the left stop" but no one shows up close what that left stop looks like.
I just did it.i had the same situation as u. I had enough play on the head to turn it clockwise to get the left stop were i wanted. Now inhad to decrease the right. When i put the screw driver in and turned toward minus it INCREASED the anount it turned toward the right i actually had t use the plus screw to get it were i wanted. So ,do i have a defective head? Or am i just an ass? Lol.great vid it helped alot
Excellent. Watched 3 other videos and wasted over an hour before I figured either there must be something more or I'm a complete idiot. Sure enough, if you don't get the starting point set properly, namely the left stop, you can fight and fume for days and nothing will work properly no matter how careful you are. (not a bad life lesson either)
Nah, I turn the entire body to where I want to set the left stop. I'm not opening a head and risking getting ANY dirt inside around the threads etc... You can lightly dig around the head and turn the body with channel locks.
Your lawn is toast there GD!! but looks like the soil is plenty moist!?! I'm confused.. What gives??oh yea..excellent tip on sprinkler head adjustments...
I know. It's confusing. Let me give it a try. When you set the left edge and it's too far left, you have to unscrew the top part, then turn it to the right a little (so the left edge is where you want it), reinsert it into the body, then screw the top part back in. After you screw the top part back in, the left edge will still be where you set it (even if the sprinkler head moves while you're tightening it), because the "bottom of the top part" (sorry) engages with the gearing down below. Then to adjust the right side, be sure it's turned all the way left, then insert a small flathead into the hole with the plus and minus. Turn the screwdriver counterclockwise to decrease how far the right edge moves to the right (the width of where the water will go). You can set both left and right edges with the water off. That's the neat part. Clear as mud?
I am surprised how many rainbird videos I had to watch before getting to one that actually showed how to adjust the left stop. Thanks.
Agree. This one only one I found so far that showed that.
Yes every other video completely ignored that part @@roberthohlt469
Not only did this video clear up how to adjust the left stop compared to other videos and other "documentation" online, it cleared up that adjusting the right stop was a matter of trial and error by both twisting the top back to the left stop and back to see where the new right stop is after turning the right stop adjustment screw!
I’ve searched several videos on how to adjust the left stop and this is the best I’ve seen. Thank You
I was just installing these in my yard and was scratching my head over this problem! Thanks, exactly what I needed to know. I thought that maybe I was forced to loosen the entire thing to get it pointing where I needed, but doing that probably increases likeliness to leak at the base under the dirt. Glad I searched around and came across this.
Thank you so much what I don't understand is why no one else including Rainbird can explain how to do this the right way ? I felt like an idiot until I watch your very informative video, and after watching you I finally figured it out. I am in Kennewick Washington and I appreciate your help !! I liked and subscribed to your channel because of it, I can't tell you how happy I am to get this fixed. Had to turn my water off for 3 days because it was going over my fence into my neighbors yard and tearing up my shed, thanks to you I was able to adjust the arc correctly.
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Thanks for the video! My husband and I looked everywhere for how to reset the left stop and nothing anywhere made sense! You just saved us a nice chunk of change! Also saved our exterior walls from sprinklers shooting straight at them.
Thankyou very much sir. Your video is a life saver. I tried the to adjust the left stop by turning right and then left but it did not work. Only your method worked like a wonder
Had no idea how to do that. As someone else mentioned, none of the other adjustment videos I've watched ever addressed it. Thanks so much!
Thanks for watching!
Very good explanation. Most others show how to move the left stop even more to the left. But they almost never talk about moving the left stop a bit more toward the right. Nice job.
I went through many videos and most of them were too mechanical and didn't solve the issue of adjusting the Rain Bird 5000. After this one it seems so easy and results were perfect to the desired sprinkle arc and distance. Thanks
I just fixed 2 of them using your method. It worked out perfectly and they all worked great. Thank you so much.
I don't know about the others but the instructions for the 5000's state that you can disassemble as you show, or just ratchet/swing it all the way to the left stop, then keep pushing to spin it internally to where you want it. I've done it on mine and it is very easy.
Good video to show how to shorten left side of arc, something rain bird can’t describe, tx!!
Have watched many videos and this is the first one that really taught me how to make the adjustments. Thank you for making this so simple.
Thanks! Good instructions. Worked like a charm for me.
Mate, thanks for the awesome video, the manufacturer didn’t even provide this info! Luckily I found you in TH-cam after trying a few times and almost turn the head off the pipe... 👍
Awesome video. You’re the only one that explains how to set the left stop without turning the entire thing. I love it appreciate it.
Thanks!
Grass Daddy i’m having the same problem you are. I unscrewed the cap and insured that the body is not moving by digging the grass and dirt out. I turned the turret clockwise like you did. But my problem is I lose the left stop when I screw the cap back on and is misaligned. I think maybe I should do like you said in the video make sure I turn the turret to the right and then to the left and ensure that I am at my in left stop.
I followed your directions and that was exactly the problem. I did not turn the head all the way to the right and then back to the left prior to tightening down the cap. I think it’s important to note that you can fine-tune the position with the notches or the teeth that’s inside of the base.
This is part of my lawn renovation with the irrigation heads. Also I watched your peat moss top dressing video about a month ago when we used your recommendation. Pete Moss is so much easier to spread versus compost
I have liked and subscribed to your channel
Best video on this that I’ve seen. Thank you
Great video and explanation about how to adjust these things. Rainbird should hire you to do their videos. Aloha from Maui!
The reason the other videos aren't showing it this way is because this isn't the way it's designed to be done. You don't need to unscrew the top. Here's the way I remember how the stops work. It's easier to do this while they are running because the part that rotates will be up and that is the part that you grab and twist to move the stops. If you lightly twist the rotating part each direction you can feel where both the left and right stops are. Now if you rotate it to the left stop and then apply force you will overpower the stop and move it further to the left. However, you will also move the right stop to the left the same amount. Likewise, if you move to the right stop and overpower it and move the right stop further right, the left stop will also move the same amount right. In other words, the size of the arc remains unchanged, you are only shifting the entire arc left or right by overpowering the stops. That's the easy way to remember how the stops work. The reason why they talk about setting the left stop is because when you use the set screw to adjust the size of the arc, it only shifts the right stop to change the size. So, if you have the left stop set correctly, you adjust the screw to increase or decrease the size of the arc until the right stop is correct. If the size of the arc is OK, just shift the entire arc left or right by overpowering the appropriate stop.
Great informative video,u showed the head in the ground,not on a table were most people show it
Great explanation and video! Shared it with my husband and it helped him tremendously!
THX. Got at least 4 sprinklers wrongly configured on left side stop by contractors. Now I know how to fix it (they don't).
sheesh, I think I broke 2 of them yesterday forcing the left stop. Thank you.
Great explanation to set the Left stop!!
This was so helpful, thank you!
Only one thing missing- show the before and after adjustment performance. Would also be cool to calculate precipitation rate difference in the target area, assuming your watering time is constant. I could help with that if you'd like. I just started watching the videos on your channel in the last month or so. I am enjoying the content, thank you.
THANK YOU!!!!! And yes you are getting a sunburn.
The left stop can be adjusted without doing all that. Just turn it to the right until it clicks then return to the left and keep going as far as you need to. It has a slip clutch inside. No digging or unscrewing required.
Some do, some don't. If you do it to the one that doesn't it messes things up
Cool, thought all 5000 had that feature.
I have the base 5004 and all i had to do was adjust while it was spraying. Set it right where I needed it and all was well.
Is there a way to tell if the head has a slip clutch?
@@LowEtsRock It looks like Rainbird has notice all the left stop complaints (99 out of 100, the left stop is too far left). The 5000 is no longer listed on the Rainbird website; only the 5004. Good for new customers, and maybe good as a retrofit for the rest of us.
Agree w/ several comments below. So many videos don't show the opening of the cylinder to adjust the left stop. Thanks much. You also mention the models this applies to. Great.
Excellent video. 👍🏾
Wow! Great explanation-Thank you!!!
I just rotate CCW (counter clock wise) to the stop. Then, I mark the top with a white marking pen and leave the rotor at the left stop. When I re install, I align the starting pointy to my desired left edge, then use my screw driver to set the right edge.
Thanks for sharing. I have to go do this today to my parents sprinklers.
How did it go?
@@GrassDaddy It worked great. Its been years since I've messed with sprinklers so the refresher is much appreciated.
@@puffnstuff12 awesome! I can't wait for spring 😬
Thanks for taking your time and knowledge and sharing it,it was easy to adjust with your method
Thanks!
Very helpful. Thanks.
So needed this info. Thanks for the lesson.
You have been the sprinkler whisper lately! Good stuff!
Thanks
All others miss this critical adjustment.
One of the better vids I've seen of making that adjustment but everyone always just glosses over... "turn until the left stop" but no one shows up close what that left stop looks like.
I just did it.i had the same situation as u. I had enough play on the head to turn it clockwise to get the left stop were i wanted. Now inhad to decrease the right. When i put the screw driver in and turned toward minus it INCREASED the anount it turned toward the right i actually had t use the plus screw to get it were i wanted. So ,do i have a defective head? Or am i just an ass? Lol.great vid it helped alot
This is the info I needed to adjust the left stop!!Thank you
you're welcome, thanks for watching!
clear as mud...
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and sooo cool thanx..
Thank you very much!
Shame on Rain Bird for not covering this topic better.
Excellent. Watched 3 other videos and wasted over an hour before I figured either there must be something more or I'm a complete idiot. Sure enough, if you don't get the starting point set properly, namely the left stop, you can fight and fume for days and nothing will work properly no matter how careful you are. (not a bad life lesson either)
I have ab older rain bird model with no adjustments in the top and no instructions. Any suggestions?
Wow that is toast!!! Do you think any of that has a chance of coming back?
Probably not :( we will see. Worst lawn year for me!
Wow your lawn really went dormant. At least you have all this time to adjust sprinklers now that you don't have to mow...🤣😂
Good video. Next time wash the dirt off so us irrigation noobs can see better.
Thank you
Note: this video is valid only for the older model of Rainbird 5000.
Thanks
Nah, I turn the entire body to where I want to set the left stop. I'm not opening a head and risking getting ANY dirt inside around the threads etc... You can lightly dig around the head and turn the body with channel locks.
Even if you hold the body, rotating the top will also move the sprinkler head to a certain degree. This video is confusing in my opinion.
Yeah you always have to adjust something lol 👍
Your lawn is toast there GD!! but looks like the soil is plenty moist!?! I'm confused.. What gives??oh yea..excellent tip on sprinkler head adjustments...
Agree, Not sure if that will make a come back. Hope so GD for your sake.
Or you can use the tool made for it
I still don’t get it 🤔
I know. It's confusing. Let me give it a try. When you set the left edge and it's too far left, you have to unscrew the top part, then turn it to the right a little (so the left edge is where you want it), reinsert it into the body, then screw the top part back in. After you screw the top part back in, the left edge will still be where you set it (even if the sprinkler head moves while you're tightening it), because the "bottom of the top part" (sorry) engages with the gearing down below. Then to adjust the right side, be sure it's turned all the way left, then insert a small flathead into the hole with the plus and minus. Turn the screwdriver counterclockwise to decrease how far the right edge moves to the right (the width of where the water will go). You can set both left and right edges with the water off. That's the neat part. Clear as mud?
Don’t do this if you unscrew the top you will have flooding!!!
Totally confusing. Music is annoying.
That was literally the most confusing explanation I’ve ever seen
Wow! Totally not necessary. There’s a way easier way to adjust those heads. Look elsewhere for instructions on this.
Too much unnecessary info bro.