Installing a piston seal - The Super Easy Way

[jfrey]

Found this idea on youtube.   It works!!!!   Piston seals just snap in place.  No soap, no boiling water, no problem.   They guy in the video uses the cap from a bottle of locktite which I didn't have so I searched around my house and ended up using the cap from a standard Sharpie permanent marker to install the piston seal on my air hawk.   The Sharpie cap is just a little to small to be perfect but worked well enough that I stopped looking for something better.

[Booger]

Found this idea on youtube.   It works!!!!   Piston seals just snap in place.  No soap, no boiling water, no problem.   They guy in the video uses the cap from a bottle of locktite which I didn't have so I searched around my house and ended up using the cap from a standard Sharpie permanent marker to install the piston seal on my air hawk.   The Sharpie cap is just a little to small to be perfect but worked well enough that I stopped looking for something better.

Nice video, simple, short, & sweet.

[ptpalpha]

That's brilliant.  Worth buying a bottle of Lock-tite just to get the cap.
Seems like someone with a lathe and some delrin could fab up something pretty easily.
Thanks for posting that...extremely useful trick.
-Paul

[cryptoad]

Very resourceful!  I have a bottle of locktite and will save it for such an occasion!

[Nod]

That is fantastic !!  It should be made a "Sticky".

[Roadworthy]

Thanks for sharing an elegant solution to a difficult problem, John.

[mst3kpimp]

Ya i did something similar years ago when i needed to replace a crosman seal, just used the slightly larger sized socket in my wrench set, works great.

[Choctaw1]

SMOOOOOOTHE!!!! Thanks!

[Back_Roads]

 I have done the socket trick , but this is brilliant, one should come with every spring compressor ! 

[Michael Loar]

I use the socket trick and lots of silicone oil.

Mike

[Motorhead]

Guide / expansion cones have been around for many many years ... Good to see it come out of the dust bins for the next generation.

[int3man]

We have a similar cone that we use when assembling a D.C. Motor, it assists in pushing the brushes back into their holder so that the armature can easily being installed.  Otherwise it is a monkey with a football.

Michael :- )

[Michael Loar]

We have a similar cone that we use when assembling a D.C. Motor, it assists in pushing the brushes back into their holder so that the armature can easily being installed.  Otherwise it is a monkey with a football.

Michael :- )

Aw come on just learn to use chop sticks with both hands then its all good. H'mm I cant use them with one hand but got good at using a small screwdriver and pushing one brush at a time back onto the commentator.

BD