Home made tool for replacing inflator oring.

[Diverspoint]

Hello, not sure this is the right place to put this, but I thought up something to make replacing the oring in the inflator connector a lot easier (for me).

I used a bolt that I made just small anough so it would go through into the connector when I pull back the ring, and back out through the new oring. Then I cut down a plug that was just the correct size to go into the opening.

To replace the oring I remove the old one, clean the connector, put enough grease on the oring, then slide the oring on the bolt. I then push the bolt into the opening, pulling back the ring to get the balls out of the way.

I push the bolt in deep enough so it gets onto the Schräder valve, maybe even pushing it down. Then I push the oring into the opening of the connector, as the oring is just too big to slide in by itself.

After this I push the oring in with the plug, until it seats where it should. Then I pull the plug out again, and after this I pull out the bolt. The last may be a bit tricky though.

Before I could be trying between 5 and 45 minutes to get in a new aring, now it never takes more then 5 minutes, mostly about 2 minutes.

I added pics of what I made. What do you think of it?

 

[tech3324]

This tool looks similar. I have one but have not tried it yet: LP Hose Kit

 

[Diverspoint]

I have not found this, otherwise I would not have gone through the trouble of thinking this up

 

[tech3324]

There's nothing wrong with DIY, I just don't have the skills to make what you did.

 

[Scubagaskets]

Hello, not sure this is the right place to put this, but I thought up something to make replacing the oring in the inflator connector a lot easier (for me).

I used a bolt that I made just small anough so it would go through into the connector when I pull back the ring, and back out through the new oring. Then I cut down a plug that was just the correct size to go into the opening.

To replace the oring I remove the old one, clean the connector, put enough grease on the oring, then slide the oring on the bolt. I then push the bolt into the opening, pulling back the ring to get the balls out of the way.

I push the bolt in deep enough so it gets onto the Schräder valve, maybe even pushing it down. Then I push the oring into the opening of the connector, as the oring is just too big to slide in by itself.

After this I push the oring in with the plug, until it seats where it should. Then I pull the plug out again, and after this I pull out the bolt. The last may be a bit tricky though.

Before I could be trying between 5 and 45 minutes to get in a new aring, now it never takes more then 5 minutes, mostly about 2 minutes.

I added pics of what I made. What do you think of it?

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[Rred]

Dunno, but I went and spent a whole six or seven bucks on one of those sets of three (very slightly different) brass dental picks, so I could pick out the old o-ring without any chance of scratching the stainless seat. Teasing the old one out and getting the new Viton one to sit down smoothly took a bit of patience, but the brass picks can be used for pretty much any o-ring you've got.

I didn't *need* Viton for this, btw. I just would rather use the more durable material, and never replace it again.

 

[Diverspoint]

I guess you understand it wrong. This is not to take the oring out, but to put it in there.

And for this oring I use a pick with double hooks. Like this one:

O'ring Pick, Double Hook, Blue Plastic Handle

For this oring it is much more practical to get it out.

 

[Rred]

Oh, a seating tool. That would have been handy.