Rain Bird 5000 - 1 Last IMPORTANT thing!

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Hello Everyone! Welcome back to The Sprinkler Channel! We had a really good question come up about how to change the Fixed Left Side of the Rain Bird 5000 when installing and adjusting the Rain Bird 5000 rotor sprinkler head since using the adjusting slots only changes the right side of the arc or how it rotates left to right. But How do we change the left side when we screw on the head and it's not pointing or starting at the left position where we need it to start. Come along for this short video and find out what some professionals may not even completely understand so you are ready to knock out those adjustments or installations of the Rain Bird 5000 without losing your mind and getting frustrated. Also if you haven't seen the other 2 videos related to the Rain Bird 5000 Rotor Sprinkler Head check those out on our channel. If you want the whole enchilada, consider subscribing to the channel to bookmark your one stop source for your sprinkler info. Hope this answers any remaining questions you all may have. Chau!

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@ianmackenzie686 2 года назад

Many thanks for the one and only video addressing my exact issue, namely adjusting and setting the head for left side. Every other vid I've found (this included pro and even manufacturer) had been vague and has merely glossed over the left setting, focusing exclusively for right set, which I found remarkably easy.

@feazali8440 3 месяца назад

Thanks Finally someone explained the left sop adjustment!

@Concordeagle 2 года назад

Thanks! I had been looking for this all over youtube and all the videos I saw were saying to loosen the sprinkler itself against the underground male threads, which could result in leaks. I like this method better!

@bonitareishus8843 2 года назад

Thank you soooo much. Finally I found a good explanation of how to set the fixed left side more to the right! Appreciate your description so much.

@profrabinow6566 Месяц назад

Great video! A couple ?? 1) to move the left stop clockwise - the reverse of what you did - going from 9 to 8 o’clock - you have to turn it counter clockwise 7,6,5….10,9, right? 2) I’ve seen pros twist the head counterclockwise to move the left stop like you did. But while sprinkler is working. I think I read that you shouldn’t do it with water on. Thoughts?

@thesprinklerchannel Месяц назад

1. Yes almost full circle to move left stop from say 9 to 10 o’clock 2. Yes that is how it’s done all the newer heads

@stanleykoper5573 2 года назад

It so simple, unbelievable. You deserve all accolades

@southsidekarl Год назад

one of the better clips out there. Thank you

@robertdenson3375 2 года назад

Helps a lot you adressed fixed left is the perspective from behind the head. Of course if you were standing in front of the head the fixed left would be on your right .... But you would be soaked. It's easier if you understand what perspective you are viewing from.

@thesprinklerchannel 2 года назад

Exactly, from behind the head.

@JackRussell021 2 года назад

Really clear description - any idea when it was that RainBird introduced this? Older RainBird didn't have the slip-clutch, and were a nuisance to adjust.

@thesprinklerchannel 2 года назад

Not sure exactly but I believe it was sometime before 2010 I want to say.

@JackRussell021 2 года назад

@@thesprinklerchannel interesting. I just replaced one yesterday - it hadn't failed, but the ground had settled unevenly and the rotor was at an angle, so it was spraying weird. If I have to do that much digging, I just replace the rotor at the same time - esp if the old one looks ancient. And this one did look ancient (it was RB5000), and it didn't have a slip clutch.

@toma5153 2 года назад

Thanks. This is the secret info that I needed!

@istvanmayer4878 Месяц назад

Thanks for the explanation. I thought this would solve my problem, but I didn't. I have a Rainbird 5000plus that doesn't spin. It comes up when watering, but only sprays in one direction. I can adjust the radius with the screw, it can be turned from right to left and back. I took out the head and cleaned it with water and found no abnormality, put it back, but it does not turn. Water pressure is fine, other heads work fine. What could be the reason?

@thesprinklerchannel Месяц назад

Gears are probably stripped internally- replacement is the only probable solution from the sounds of it.

@jeffd3044 Год назад

I have ~17 year old 5000s as well as newer 5000s & a few of the 5000 Plus. Adjusting the right stop point doesn’t affect the left. The only way I found to adjust the left edge is to unscrew the rotor mechanism from the housing & rotate it. It still takes some trial & error, especially with the old ones.

@thesprinklerchannel Год назад

Rain Bird 5000 - 1 Last IMPORTANT thing! ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-9FT89infihk.html

@thesprinklerchannel Год назад

This is for the newer ones

@VK-zt6sw Год назад

Thank you!

@mr.e7022 2 месяца назад

Is it left standing in front of the arrow or behind the arrow?

@thesprinklerchannel 2 месяца назад

Behind

@ricklatham7495 4 месяца назад

Of the 5 videos i have watched, including this one, show how to increase the fixed left stop, but none explain how to decrease the left stop. I saw some people asking about this on another video, but never got an answer.

@thesprinklerchannel 4 месяца назад

Continue doing this technique until you go around the circle (just don’t go full circle) while also adjusting right - “ring around the rosies” technique

@thesprinklerchannel 4 месяца назад

You can also remove it and reinstall in desired spot after turning to left stop.

@Dan4052 3 года назад

Great video. Clear, concise, and informative. I’m New to this and, for the first time, am installing a Rainbird system today. My first question is, can I go ahead and install all of my 5000’s in the ground, to grade, and do all the adjustments afterwards? Sure hope I can hear from you soon. Thank you so much, Dan.

@thesprinklerchannel 3 года назад

Typically you would install heads just before sod was laid. Leave funny pipe sticking out of ground so you can flush it. But you can do it whenever you’ll just want to make sure the heads are positioned at the correct height compared to final grade and that they won’t move when backfilling, etc.

@diamond6256 10 месяцев назад

Thank you.

@Diamanteman 6 месяцев назад

Great video, just set up my new rain bird 5000 but once it shuts off it has water coming out of the top of the head for a couple minutes. It is at the lowest part of the lawn, any ideas what it could be?

@thesprinklerchannel 6 месяцев назад

I talk about a way to stop this with the pop up heads. The rotor heads unless old should already have them built in. If the head is old I would replace it with a new one. Spring May be getting worn out. They usually can stop leakage up to like 7 vertical foot drop in the feed line if I remember correctly. Stop Water Draining from Sprinkler Heads ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-vHcQrJe7QmU.html

@d.m.4815 3 месяца назад

Do you do this with the water on or off?

@thesprinklerchannel 3 месяца назад

Either way, while turned on helps to see real time adjustments faster

@tsuki5593 Год назад

thanks from France very cool video ! do you think that it works the same with the 3500 one ?

@thesprinklerchannel Год назад

How To Adjust the RAIN BIRD 3500 Rotor Sprinkler Head ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-B2B2QQTxg-g.html

@ReginaldWilcox-nt7bg 2 месяца назад

Imagine that you are looking at the face of a clock. Your left stop is set at 9 o'clock. But you want the left stop set at 11 o'clock. Tell us how to do that.

@thesprinklerchannel 2 месяца назад

I want to say the minimum might be 70 degrees if I’m remembering correctly. But this video for left stop and then my other video for adjust the head.

@thesprinklerchannel 2 месяца назад

How To Adjust the Rain Bird 5000 Sprinkler Rotor Head ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-yk-YXfp2JHk.html

@2steepanddeep Год назад

What if you go too far to the left? Do you do a full 360 degrees to set a new left OR does the slip clutch also move the left by turning it past the right stop?

@thesprinklerchannel Год назад

Rain Bird 5000 - 1 Last IMPORTANT thing! ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-9FT89infihk.html

@jackwiley1480 2 года назад

Mine doesn't appear to rotate when I try to twist it. Perhaps mine is an earlier model? I've got to get the left side aligned with the curb and not the middle of the street. lol Can I open it up by unscrewing the outer ring or is that a bad idea?

@thesprinklerchannel 2 года назад

that should work!

@JoseRodrigues-gy4yk 2 года назад

very good job

@j.d.9648 Год назад

Great video. Do you (or anyone else) know if the Rainbird 5000 rubber cap is available? I need to replace JUST the rubber top/cap. Thanks in advance for any answers!

@thesprinklerchannel Год назад

Not that I know of

@thadbuck6833 2 года назад

Thanks that did help

@canonman223 10 месяцев назад

Rain bird company says not to twist beyond the left limit and do adjust the case instead. The reason they state is it could damage the gears.

@thesprinklerchannel 10 месяцев назад

If it has the slip clutch, newer models then I think it’s designed to do so from what I’ve researched. I’ll double check.

@canonman223 10 месяцев назад

Oh okay thank you

@chrispurse3931 2 года назад

Thanks

@johnmartin7124 3 года назад

Again how do you adjust for the water spray to go less to the left?

@thesprinklerchannel 3 года назад

Basically keep adjust the left side counterclockwise until you get back around to where you want it. You will want to at the same time adjust the right side with the +/- to keep ride side going clockwise as well as to not have the left edge alignment over-take the right edge alignment.

@thesprinklerchannel 3 года назад

Or you can unscrew it off the body and rotate it and re-install it so the left edge is to the right of where you want it and then just adjust from there.

@Ricardo-dg4eg 2 года назад

@@thesprinklerchannel ok this makes some sense as to the info I was looking for. Thanks for this comment from nine months ago lol. 😅

@Paf123456789 Год назад

3500 sprinklers are working exactly the same ?

@dginta7932 4 месяца назад

No. No slip clutch in the 3500. Turn the body to where you need the left stop to be or when off, remove the turret from the body and reposition the turret to where you need the left stop to be.

@naomibryan1443 2 года назад

what tool do you use to adjust the sprinkler head?

@thesprinklerchannel 2 года назад

It’s just the Rain Bird tool. It’s talked a little bit about in this video How To Adjust the Rain Bird 5000 Sprinkler Rotor Head ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-yk-YXfp2JHk.html

@mosley37 Год назад

Can you turn it off if you don't need it to spray at all?

@thesprinklerchannel Год назад

Not this specific head. Only the bigger commercial grade ones have a shut off feature on the head.

@olivierantoine2383 2 года назад

I have a problem with my rainbird 5000 sprinkler. I have never been able to adjust it. Can you please help me???

@thesprinklerchannel 2 года назад

Check out The Sprinkler Channel's other videos about the Rain Bird 5000 and if those don't answer it feel free to leave a comment stating the problem you are dealing with and we will do our best to answer it. Thanks!

@Filmwalasandhu Год назад

How do you make the spray softer? Like a mist?

@thesprinklerchannel Год назад

I’m not aware of a way to intentionally do that. Usually the higher the pressure the smaller the droplets it sprayers. Typically you want the 40 psi so the droplets aren’t a mist and never make it to the intended watering location (lawn). If you need misters, there are other sprinkler parts that can do this.

@davidyj9013 5 месяцев назад

Is there a difference between Rain Bird and K Rain?

@thesprinklerchannel 5 месяцев назад

Different brands, a little different. I’ll have to make one for k rain

@dtowndano 2 года назад

I'm looking for help with a RB 5000 head that's not rotating. I've opened my sprinkler system for the new season but one head is not rotating at all. Can you provide any information to troubleshoot this issue ? Thank you.

@thesprinklerchannel 2 года назад

How To Adjust the Rain Bird 5000 Sprinkler Rotor Head ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-yk-YXfp2JHk.html See if this helps. You might need a new head if these adjustments don’t help.

@AlabanzasyAdoración7 Год назад

How do you adjust the distance if you want to reduce it?

@thesprinklerchannel Год назад

Either swapping out nozzle or screwing down set screw to deflect water.

@AlabanzasyAdoración7 Год назад

@@thesprinklerchannel thanks, appreciate your help.

@omerh.2754 2 года назад

how can I watch or find more your videos?

@thesprinklerchannel 2 года назад

Just click or search “Th Sprinkler Channel” then click on “Videos”. All of them will be found there. Subscribe and it will be easier to find them next time. Thanks for asking!

@omerh.2754 2 года назад

Thank you

@calvinorr525 2 года назад

What do you have to do to move left stop more to the right?

@thesprinklerchannel 2 года назад

Either remove it from body and reinstall or play “ring around the rosie” with adjusting left stop followed by right stop (not letting them overlap is the point) until you make it almost full circle / wherever you need it.

@onsturn Год назад

Awesome if you could do a video how to readjust the left stop if you go too far left while adjusting the right stop at the same time.

@KSMike1 2 года назад

How can I tell visually whether my 5000’s have the slip clutch, vs. the earlier ones that just broke if you tried to force them to the left?

@thesprinklerchannel 2 года назад

Great question, I am going to look into this as I am not sure how they are differentiated. Leave a comment here if you find out before I do. Thanks!

@KSMike1 2 года назад

@@thesprinklerchannel I did get in touch with a tech at Rain Bird who told me that all part-circle 5000 Series have the slip clutch and always have. That directly contradicts everything I’ve ever heard so I’m still looking for more feedback on this.

@jessenelson9768 2 года назад

@@KSMike1 If I were to have broke mine like you stated in your initial comment, would I be able to determine that by the fact that it no longer seems to have a left stopping point when trying to rotate it?

@KSMike1 2 года назад

@@jessenelson9768 I believe so. I love these heads but getting accurate information about them seems to be like pulling teeth.

@jessenelson9768 2 года назад

@@KSMike1 lol I’m about to take it apart right now and see myself … I’ll let you know my findings 😂

@TheDylan6908 2 года назад

Can that be done safely with the Hunter rotors? (with Hunter it would of course be the fixed right stop)

@thesprinklerchannel 2 года назад

Hunter does not have the slip clutch.

@TheDylan6908 2 года назад

@@thesprinklerchannel ok thanks

@iandavila7172 2 года назад

I have a problem with my sprinkler I can't adjust the degrees of rotation it's like never stop rotating

@thesprinklerchannel 2 года назад

Reference my answer in for the same question you posted in a different video. Let us know if that answer helps. Thanks!

@blueplasma5589 2 года назад

So the unit isn't really "fixed" for the left stop but aimed a certain way.

@thesprinklerchannel 2 года назад

Not sure I understand. Can you expound?

@TheDylan6908 2 года назад

You can't adjust the left stop with the Rainbird adjustment tool. Need to grab pop up riser and turn or unscrew the cap, remove the inside assembly and reposition so that the left stop will be where you need it to be

@pedrobilt7324 3 года назад

Are the 3500 the same way

@thesprinklerchannel 3 года назад

Great question. They very similar besides one small detail. Just barely published "How to Adjust the Rain Bird 3500 Rotor Sprinkler Head" that explains how to do it with the 3500s.

@garryl3336 3 года назад

What can you do if it’s to far left? Thanks

@thesprinklerchannel 3 года назад

You’ll want to turn it left until it’s 360 then use the arc slot to reduce the right side so you can continue bringing the left side around until it’s where you need it and then re-adjust the right side. Just keep the right side “ahead” of the left side as you bring it around to where you need it. Or you could remove the head from body and reinstall it with the left side pointing closer to where you need it then adjust from there. Either will work.

@st.patrick2207 3 года назад

@@thesprinklerchannel Can you please explain this answer another way?

@thesprinklerchannel 3 года назад

@@st.patrick2207 probably the easiest solution is to remove the head from the body when it is in the left position and then screw it back on with the left position where you need it. Other option: Just keep adjusting the left going left until you get back around to where you need it. Only caveat as it will want to keep the right "edge" ahead of the left as the left makes its way around counter clockwise.

@st.patrick2207 3 года назад

@@thesprinklerchannel Thanks for the reply. Why do they recommend “no pipe dope” on the connections? Is PTFE tape safe for irrigation?