Soldered valve puller

[Hoosier Daddy]

While rebuilding my Benjiman 312 I had difficulty pulling the valve after the nut was removed using the standard dual purpose tool that comes with the rebuild kit.



The valve on mine was really stuck in there and the videos I had watched showed using a separate puller designated for the task.



Recommendations were to inset a rod, screwdriver,or such thru the hole in the tool and tap it with a hammer to drive it out. I knew I would either hit the brass tube and damage it or tap it to one side and cock the valve in the tube. Really wanted to use a puller of some control and learned the style I had seen with the thumbscrew were hard to come by and the tap the same thread as the valve to make one was expensive... After all, I already had the dual purpose one in hand.
 I screwed the tool onto the valve and marked the depth on the tool with a sharpie, then took it on a trip to the hardware store.
I first found a dowel pin that fit the hole in the tool, next 2 fender washers the size of the OD of the tool... I slid the dowel pin in the hole, the a washer, held the other washer at the mark I had drawn to find a length.
Lastly a pair of long nuts and two bolts that when screwed together were almost the same length.
1/4-20's were too long but in the metric section I found 6mm that were just right.



While not totally necessary, I used a bit of glue (epoxy) and attached the bolt heads to one washer. Did this so I would not have to hold both the bolt and the nut with wrenches during use.



Screwed the tool onto the valve, threaded the nuts onto the bolts, slid the washer with the bolts/nuts attached onto the tool, then the second washer and last slid the dowel pin in. Unscrewed the nuts hand tight to take up the slack.



Then using a small wrench I turned each nut 1 "flat" at a time, alternating back and forth between the two nuts to gradually expand the distance between the two washers.



The valve began to budge once a little torque was applied and slid smoothly out without any fuss!
Sure made me feel better doing this controlled instead of hitting it with a hammer!

[Rescue912]

Very nicely done. A little moisture and a lot of time and those valves get cemented in there.

[Hoosier Daddy]

Thanks, glad to share. It worked out well in the end, I got it reassembled today.
Nice firm pump action now and...BAM! 

[JoeV]

Very creative.

[avator]

Hmmmm.... mine came in a kit I ordered from PA. Matter of fact, I think I have a couple of them floating around now.
Nice work tho.