phantomhitman
11-29-2003, 09:33 PM
Ok, i finally stripped my valve apart. I replaced all of my orings and little pieces (very technical term-i know). I put it back together, install the valve into the marker, air it up and what happens?! air out of the back of the blow off valve. so with all of the reading i have done that tells me the reg seat is not placed right (the things that slips over the spring loaded needle in the front half of the valve). so i take it apart, put the old one back in, reinstall it, air it up and.......it works! My question is this. In my parts kit, there are 2 reg seats (i think). I put a brand new one in and it just blows air out of the back. why is that? the old one looks like it is "formed" in a way to match both halves of the valve. I belive this "formed" look happened because it was shaped by being compressed between the 2 halves. The new ones I have are just new rubber seats. Perfectly circle, not molded or formed. So are the ones in the parts kit seats or another part altogether? Does the seat need to be lubed, or left in over night to conform to the shape of the internal of the valve? Thanks, as always, for any help.