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Tap washer valve repair

chengjianer
Getting Established

Tap washer valve repair

instead of replacing the whole valve, can i buy 1 of these and just replace the o-ring?

 

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Noyade
Kind of a Big Deal

Re: tap washer valve repair

Evening ! @Weitogo 

 

My sincere apologies! I have misinterpreted @chengjianer's photo above thinking the original rubber was shaped like mine but he was trying to insert the traditional O-ring style as a replacement.

 

"HydroSeal"

 

I have heard of them and I think I tried them in the past. I now see the small hole and a much better riveting system than mine.

I was thinking we could lube up the appropriately sized O-ring with paraffin and position it between soft aluminium - and squeeze into place with a vice. Have you tried that?

I'll buy a couple of hydroseals over the weekend - and give it a go.

 

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