Basket Strainer

How do I open a lid attached to the pool filter basket filter?
I tried to turn in the opposite direction at the top of the filter basket connected to the pump to my pool, I will not break spinning too hard.
Poolman is on …. You can use any this long and thin enough to fit in the hollow of the handle of the basket filter cover. Slow, even pressure and begins to turn the Convention. Difficult to break, so you don `t pull or strainer Pound basket. Good luck … Jims and is so good … Lube the O-ring with some o-ring Lube before reassembling and Don `t squeeze too hard.