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Terry Chapman	01/11/2018 14:12:18
97 forum posts 14 photos	Hi,Ive got water coming into my oil box and had a look look at the one way valve and it seems the balls not sealing? Whats the best way to re seat bearing (excuse the pun) its about 1/8" diameter. Its off my 1" Minnie. Thanks
RevStew	01/11/2018 14:39:25
87 forum posts	Brass pin punch onto the ball and a sharp tap with a hammer works for me.
Terry Chapman	01/11/2018 14:56:47
97 forum posts 14 photos	Posted by RevStew on 01/11/2018 14:39:25: Brass pin punch onto the ball and a sharp tap with a hammer works for me. Thanks,Ill give that a go?
HOWARDT	01/11/2018 15:04:06
1081 forum posts 39 photos	Preferably use a new ball after re-seating as per RevStew.
mechman48	01/11/2018 15:52:57
2947 forum posts 468 photos	Posted by RevStew on 01/11/2018 14:39:25: Brass pin punch onto the ball and a sharp tap with a hammer works for me. +1 … always seems to be the preferred method. George.
Dalboy	01/11/2018 17:11:13
1009 forum posts 305 photos	Another way to do this is to solder a new ball onto a small shaft and apply very fine grinding past or burnishing cream and lap it as you would a car valve then replace the old ball with a new one after cleaning out
Nigel Bennett	01/11/2018 18:07:17
500 forum posts 31 photos	If the seat's not in too bad nick, you could also try a nitrile ball - Polly sell them. I've had a lot of good results with them.
Jon Lawes	01/11/2018 20:06:48
1078 forum posts	I'm tempted to try a nitrile ball in my water pump if only because it might help with the quality of my workmanship so far...
Terry Chapman	04/11/2018 13:50:28
97 forum posts 14 photos	I done the 'Tap' job and is all fine now thanks
RevStew	06/11/2018 19:40:28
87 forum posts	I've used that technique on hydraulic systems running up to 720bar. Now here's a thing. I wonder if such an arrangement would be more likely to leak with more pressure, or less pressure?! Anyone care to hazard a guess?

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