Spinning first gear in Sun Temple doesn't raise or lower water

[mattbentley]

Just replaying for first time in a long time, tried spinning 1st spinable gear in sun temple in both directions, nothing happens. Any clues?
Have tried in both patched and unpatched steam versions, same result.

{UPDATE: Never mind, turns out the mechanic is just really pooorly designed for mice, hard to keep in motion and you just have to do it for an unreasonable length of time.}

[False.Genesis]

... And also do it quite fast since the spinning timer resets pretty quickly. It's really much easier to use the keyboard for this kind of things.