I'm trying to disassemble a valve can anyone tell me if the black thingy is an oring or something else? What's the best way to unscrew this thing without gouging or scratching it up? Any more orings inside of it?
Other Valve disassembly, orings?
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Finally got it apart. Trying to figure out if any orings go inside? I ended up digging out the black ring. Is it an oring or some type of nylon washer. It was super hard and came out in chunks so Im not sure if that was a dried up crusty oring or something else??
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I hope that it's not a special ring, although an O-ring can often be substituted.
Just a general comment because I have no clue about that specific component. O-rings can deteriorate and distort to the dimensions in which they are contained. On the other hand, there are square-shaped O-rings that a hydraulics or other supplier may be able to identify and provide. In my experience, square O-rings are not common. If it were mine, I'd be tempted to try a conventional O-ring to see how it suffices.
Just a general comment because I have no clue about that specific component. O-rings can deteriorate and distort to the dimensions in which they are contained. On the other hand, there are square-shaped O-rings that a hydraulics or other supplier may be able to identify and provide. In my experience, square O-rings are not common. If it were mine, I'd be tempted to try a conventional O-ring to see how it suffices.
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Yes, the valve assembly pictured is immediately recognizable as a QB7x. The O-ring is a size -113. Buna-N 70 durometer is good.
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