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Balancing / Lockshield Help

Jambo · 2017-11-10 10:40:34

Hi All, I just moved to a new home (existing property) and the majority of the radiator valve / Lockshield caps are missing. I have bought replacements but have no idea to identify which side should be the valve and the other Lockshield, is there a easy way to determine which side is which as I don't want to install the…

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Jambo

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Hi All,

I just moved to a new home (existing property) and the majority of the radiator valve / Lockshield caps are missing.

I have bought replacements but have no idea to identify which side should be the valve and the other Lockshield, is there a easy way to determine which side is which as I don't want to install the caps with the spindle drive on the wrong side for fear that air will end up unbalancing the system.

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#2 11-11-2017 2:38pm

Wearb

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It doesn’t really matter that much, but lock shield is usually in return. You can identify it by feeling which rad pipe is slowest to heat from a cold start.

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