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So I've been over-tightening my bailout bottle O-rings for YEARS
A guy in Port Arthur showed me the proper hand-tight plus a quarter-turn method after mine failed a pressure check. How do you all seal your secondary regs to avoid that slow creep?
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harperg767d ago
My old dive buddy used to just crank them until his knuckles turned white. We found his spares were all flattened like little rubber pancakes.
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dixon.iris7d ago
Years of over-tightening here too, my bad!
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carr.lee7d ago
That old dive shop in Key Largo had a torque wrench bolted to the counter. The owner made you use it on your first O-ring, said the crush force is way lower than hand strength. It clicked at like 2 inch-pounds, felt like nothing. Changed how I saw every bolt and seal after that.
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