Replacing A Turn Wheel On A Cylinder Valve
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- Опубліковано 18 вер 2024
- Replacing A Turn Wheel On A Cylinder Valve
Had a view call and ask about replacing a cylinder turn wheel. In this video, we show you just how simple it is to replace the turn wheel on your cylinder's valve.
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Great video! Thank You!
You are welcome @keithmillett4728, glad you liked the video.
Thanks for the video! I was wondering how to replace the valve knob. Your video made it very clear. Thanks!
Mike Keck You are welcome.
Are the turn wheels one size fits all for different valves?
Mike Keck The short answer is Yes and No. As long as the inside well of the turn wheel is not too deep and the size of the stem is consistent with the slot in the turn wheel, then most all turn wheels will work as a replacement. Unfortunately, not all stems are the same. Luxfer, Sherwood, Genesis, are just a few different companies that manufacture cylinder valves, but all have different stems.
Mike Keck hi I'm 13, I dive in a dry suit but I'm not sure what weight I should use. In a dry suit I'm comfortable with 3kg, I'm 5,7 what do u think if it's even possible to know
The easiest and safest thing to do is to get up with your local instructor and have him do a proper weight check in the pool with you.
Brian, I love your videos. I had a question though: how does one get started learning how to work on scuba gear? In particular I would love to learn the right way to maintain my own equipment, partly because I believe in self-sufficiency.
Thanks! Keep up the good work.
Great question, and oddly enough, I just finished a conversation with a gentleman on this very topic. For most of the big manufactures, a diver needs to be associated with a dealer, such as an employee at a dive shop, to qualify to take a technician level course for a manufacture. There are however, gear manufactures that will open the technician course to any diver. HOG is a great example of this. Most of us in the industry will take these classes during the big diving show every year known as DEMA. But they are offered periodically throughout the year elsewhere. And as members of the industry, we have to get re-certified every so often, because of insurance and liability. You however, can contact the manufacturers by phone and ask them directly what classes they offer and where to get signed up for one. I was recently told that Scuba Pro just began to offer technician courses to anybody wanting to take one, not just Scuba Pro dealers. The restriction on buying parts is the difficult part for the person who wants to service their own equipment, and this restriction is set by the manufacturer, not the dive stores. If it was up to me, I would sell parts kits all day long, but I am restricted by Mares. Now in the case of the video above, as far as I know, just about anybody can take a course learning how to service tank valves and such. I know PSI/PCI whom I am certified through will teach anybody, and I also believe TDI offers a similar class as well. My experience has always been through a shop, and I have held and still currently hold several technician certifications for different manufactures. I will state this though, they physics behind how a regulator works is the same on just about every regulator on the market. A piston style from Mares, works just like a piston style from Sherwood. If you have access to the proper parts and tools, then you can pretty much work on just about any regulator out there. The key is having the proper tools and parts. Hopefully this answers your question.
Thanks Brian! I know where you can get parts and tools for old gear, like pre 1990 aged stuff that isn't serviced by manufacturers any more, and I was thinking about getting one of those to play with. But I'd also like to be able to service my more modern gear as well, since it is a lot nicer.
I'll chat with the folks at my LDS and see what they say. They may be willing to let me pot around in the shop to learn the ropes.
Jason Mills I encourage all my customers to stick around and watch me work on their gear, that way it gives them a better idea of what we are actually rebuilding. Unfortunately I am still restricted on selling them individual parts kits and letting them do it themselves. Even when I teach an Equipment Techniques course through PADI or SSI, I will help a student disassemble and reassemble a regulator and a tank valve, just to give them a better understanding of how they work.