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Post by Deleted on May 19, 2005 18:07:12 GMT -8
chuck I agree with you on the silicon. My first, very own reg. was a waterlung sport diver ll. Monsterous chunk of brass, wore my gums to death, always yearned for light a double hose for several years.......anyway, (sorry, got side tracked there), when Uncle Sammy called me away, I rubbed some industrial silicon grease onto every rubber part of my reg.....later dove with it in Okinawa, never rinsed it good, save when I was taking a shower after my sat or sunday dive. Still have it, rubber still good, no cracks, degraduation etc. Silicon preserves very well, wouldn't recommend using it in areas that carry your breath though........now with knowing the things one knows today about silicon. I did the hoses, diaghram and duckbill of my own Royal years ago when I retired it with silicon grease, thinking there were no available parts or repair centers. Bryan rebuilt it, replaced the duck bill I removed, it was super nasty and decaying. But it worked! Hoses and diaghram still good however, and I still use the same tube of silicon......over thirty six years old this tube, have about half left. Won another Royal (round lable) off of Ebay for my wife, rubbed it down also, looks real good, ought to be a showstopper after I get around to sending it into Bryan for one of his super blueprint/balancing jobs.
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Post by Bryan on May 19, 2005 21:11:26 GMT -8
Just a word of caution on silicone or any other lubricant. Use very little of it! Too many times I have received regulators for service work from well meaning divers that have greased/lubricated/buttered the diaphragms of their regulators to the point that they are hard to keep in place and will slide easily out of alignment. This is especially true when using a band clamp as it does not clamp the two box halves as tight together as the C-clips do. If your box halves slide out of place the raised levers on the diaphraghm COULD move out of place and they would not contact the demand lever. That mean....O.....air period.
Dan said it best many many months ago on the board. Clean, dry parts need little if any lubricant. This is just my opinion. Your results may vary.....
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