Skimlite Pole Guide Fitting | 381B

Designed to keep Skimlite telescopic pool poles extending and retracting smoothly, the Skimlite 381B is an OEM guide fitting that sits inside the outer pole section and aligns the inner pole as it travels through during use. By holding the inner pole properly centered, the guide fitting prevents the wobble, lateral play, and misalignment that gradually develop in telescopic poles subjected to continuous professional service. Available in black to match Skimlite's black pole series, the 381B is part of the company's "Replace with Confidence" replacement parts program, which underscores Skimlite's long-running commitment to user-serviceable pole designs that can be maintained and repaired rather than discarded and replaced. The 381B is manufactured in the USA by Skimlite Manufacturing, Inc., a third-generation family-owned company producing professional pool maintenance equipment since 1954.

Highlights

• Factory-Authorized Replacement Part: Skimlite produces the 381B guide fitting to original equipment specifications, ensuring a precise dimensional match for compatible Skimlite telescopic pool poles and restoring smooth, reliable section travel during extension and retraction tasks.
• Cures Inner Pole Wobble: The guide fitting keeps the inner pole properly aligned inside the outer pole, addressing the lateral play, wobble, and rocking motion that commonly develop in heavily used telescopic poles and degrade cleaning precision when brushing, vacuuming, or skimming.
• Field-Repairable by Design: Skimlite engineers its poles to be fully user-serviceable, and the 381B reflects that approach by allowing pool service technicians and pool owners to swap in a fresh guide fitting on-site in minutes, avoiding the larger cost of replacing the entire pole.
• Matches Skimlite Black Pole Series: The black colorway of the 381B is chosen to visually match Skimlite's black pole series, so the replacement fitting blends with the surrounding pole hardware and maintains a clean, uniform appearance after the repair is finished.
• Built in the USA by Skimlite Since 1954: Skimlite Manufacturing, Inc. is a third-generation American company that has been producing professional pool maintenance equipment since 1954, giving the 381B more than 70 years of brand-level durability, quality control, and replacement parts continuity behind it.