Anybody have a trick for changing nitrous bottle valve?
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I have a like new 15 lbs bottle that needs the leaky bottle valve changed to my new one...I don't want to scratch the heck out of it, so does anyone have a trick for changing the valve out?
Problem is...I can't hold the bottle tight enough to get the old valve to break loose. I tried holding it while someone else used the wrench on the valve...no go. And the vottle wants to spin in it's mount when I tried it that way.
Also...do I need to put liquid teflon on the threads when I install the new one?
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Re: Anybody have a trick for changing nitrous bottle valve?
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I got it!!  Thanks for the ideas....I wrapped it with my fender cover and had my wife (she didn't want to swing the hammer...lol) sit indian style holding it and I hit the wrench with a rubber deadblow....it still wasn't easy, but it did work.  I saw it sealed with a rubber o-ring so I just installed the new one....but after I was done I saw the old one had a little teflon paste on it (I didn't use any on the new valve)....does it need it?
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Re: Anybody have a trick for changing nitrous bottle valve?
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06/20/09 09:38 PM
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I got it!! Thanks for the ideas....I wrapped it with my fender cover and had my wife (she didn't want to swing the hammer...lol) sit indian style holding it and I hit the wrench with a rubber deadblow....it still wasn't easy, but it did work.
I saw it sealed with a rubber o-ring so I just installed the new one....but after I was done I saw the old one had a little teflon paste on it (I didn't use any on the new valve)....does it need it?
No, O ring will be fine.
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Re: Anybody have a trick for changing nitrous bottle valve?
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I got it!! Thanks for the ideas....I wrapped it with my fender cover and had my wife (she didn't want to swing the hammer...lol) sit indian style holding it and I hit the wrench with a rubber deadblow....it still wasn't easy, but it did work.
I saw it sealed with a rubber o-ring so I just installed the new one....but after I was done I saw the old one had a little teflon paste on it (I didn't use any on the new valve)....does it need it?
No, O ring will be fine.
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