Replacement gate valve handles
Both the gate valve handles on my two year old Passport travel trailer broke off. The metal shafts were made of aluminum and just snapped off where they attached to the metal rod coming from the valve...
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rockhillmanor wrote:
They usually break right after when they start getting hard to push in and out. Which usually means there is stuff/tp paper caught around the valve blade and/or the valve blade seat.
Which is why they are not closing smoothly. The harder you have to push the more pressure you put on the cheap thin rod and they break.
I routinely take a long bottle type brush and run it up the y-pipe and brush around the opening for each tank.(valves open, need tanks empty to do this :W)
I also spray the rod on the handles with silicone. But it still has been my experience that once they start getting hard to push in it's going to be time for valve replacements and/or cleaning or the rods will ultimately break.
Thanks for the tips
