Successful Xvalve reanno

[BigEvil]

Mario pulled it off..

Saved the zlock pin, aligns the exact same way and works perfectly!

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[Gundam V]

Mario pulled it off..

Saved the zlock pin, aligns the exact same way and works perfectly!

https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20211229/8dab5f8e9e1f089163ca1a0a94c2339f.jpg

Sent from my SM-G960U using TapatalkI guess I know where I'm sending an xvalve along with some mag parts to.

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[Walking Stick]

Nice, but what's been the main hinderance? Is it something beyond masking off the threads, mating surfaces and z-lock pin I never understood?

[maniacmechanic]

nice, but what's been the main hinderance? Is it something beyond masking off the threads, mating surfaces and z-lock pin i never understood?

fear

[going_home]

Nice

;)

[BigEvil]

People butcher them..

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[trbo323]

fearSeriously?

I figured it had to be something in the design that prevented them from being annoed

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[going_home]

If anyone would know the reason people ruin Xvalves trying to re-anno them Tuna would.

[Loguzzzzzz]

Seriously?

I figured it had to be something in the design that prevented them from being annoed

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AGD products are all pretty much built to very stringent tolerances. When the valve is stripped if it sits in the acid bath (I believe) too long some of the aluminum is "eaten away" possibly making the valve out of spec. Thie is where the fear comes in and why a raw valve is considered by some to be the only option.

[Tunaman]

AGD products are all pretty much built to very stringent tolerances. When the valve is stripped if it sits in the acid bath (I believe) too long some of the aluminum is "eaten away" possibly making the valve out of spec. Thie is where the fear comes in and why a raw valve is considered by some to be the only option.That is correct. If the z lock pin is already installed, it was done after the original anno job. When you reanno it incorrectly it takes off too much material and the valve halves screw together further than needed...and the z lock pin doesnt work any more. If you get the z lock pin situated in the rail, you wont be able to get the field strip screw in with out cracking the valve halves apart a bit...causing the valve to leak beyond repair. I have had to break the bad news to many a customer over the years that sent me reannoed valves for assembly...only to tell them the valve is ruined..