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wheel head firevalves

  • 01-11-2016 10:59pm
    #1
    jimf
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,975 ✭✭✭


    I seem to getting more than my fair share of problems with these valves recently is it just me :eek:

    and before ye start I know about rafv :p:p

    you would be lucky around my neck of the woods if you got an isolating valve on the oil tank ;) that agusta gets around ;)


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  • #2
    agusta
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,590 ✭✭✭agusta


    what is the issue with the fire valve..,Are you also using a fire valve as an on/off valve...:eek:


  • #3
    jimf
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,975 ✭✭✭jimf


    oh agusta you got up

    valves collapsing within days of been fitted Declan

    and no im not using them as on/off valves unless ive no other choice they always seem to piss oil if I just look at them


  • #4
    agusta
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,590 ✭✭✭agusta


    I was just teasing about using the firevalve as an on/off valve.Do you mean collapsing closed or leaking


  • #5
    agusta
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,590 ✭✭✭agusta


    Oh,i woke up,i know where your coming from now,collapsing


  • #6
    jimf
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,975 ✭✭✭jimf


    do I know you ?????


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  • #7
    Wearb
    Moderators, Home & Garden Moderators Posts: 6,380 Mod ✭✭✭✭Wearb


    I always use them as an on/off valve during servicing. It is a great way of checking them. I often come across ones that are still letting by after turning the wheelhead. The spindle still stays up. Meaning that even if the filament melts the spindle doesn't drop down closing the valve. Sometimes the whole spindle turns with the wheel head.

    Collapsing? Do you mean the filament separating from the head itself?

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  • #8
    Wearb
    Moderators, Home & Garden Moderators Posts: 6,380 Mod ✭✭✭✭Wearb


    Is this a little joke just for the LK (or is it just L now) lads? One of the "you would have had to be there" type jokes.

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  • #9
    agusta
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,590 ✭✭✭agusta


    No Wearb,its not a joke.Jim had mentioned it to me the other day about having trouble with firevalves but i completely forgot.
    I dont use them to turn off the oil in case they leak afterwards,but its a nuisance going to the oil tank 2 or 3 times during a service


  • #10
    jimf
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,975 ✭✭✭jimf


    no joke wear we seem to have a bad batch around at the moment spreading from limk/cork/clare

    on close inspection i see brass shavings in the valve so badly machined imho


  • #11
    Wearb
    Moderators, Home & Garden Moderators Posts: 6,380 Mod ✭✭✭✭Wearb


    agusta wrote: »
    No Wearb,its not a joke.Jim had mentioned it to me the other day about having trouble with firevalves but i completely forgot.
    I dont use them to turn off the oil in case they leak afterwards,but its a nuisance going to the oil tank 2 or 3 times during a service

    Cheap as chips to replace and does highlight a siezed one. What's the problem with the bad batch?

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