[mockingbird812]

File this under the category of <span style="font-style: italic">fixing-rather-than-replacing </span>or <span style="font-style: italic">I'm-too-cheap-to-buy-a-new-air-reel</span>… I tracked down the air leak at my overhead air reel. I bought this air reel for my shop in Arizona 12 years ago and it has worked well since then. After I moved here to Ohio and set up my compressed air lines is when I discovered the reel had a significant leak (am guessing the different climates were a factor [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/hmmm.gif[/img]) . When I took apart the brass block with the banjo bolt passing through the center, I saw that the two o-rings that seal this area were compressed and very hard. The pneumatic/hydraulic shop that I use provided me with two hi tech replacement O-rings. Each of these has 4 ridges to better your chances of creating an air tight seal. Even though I detected a couple of slightly worn depressions inside where the O-rings contact the brass block, these new high-tech o-rings have done the trick. Tight as a drum! [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/laugh.gif[/img]





Here is one of two o-rings to be replaced. Shop owner recommended a &quot;monkey snot&quot; to help with the sealing.