Kitchen Gray (Follow Up from post #9)
Finished up the Kitchen gray valve today. I found the same corrosion on the cable rod (after a complete disassembly of the rod and sleeve assy). I sanded off the major rust and lubricated the sleeve (and rod) with Motion Pro Cable Lube. Works great on a motorcycle cable...so hopefully helps keep the dump valve steel rod from rusting quickly again.
I also shortened the cable but neglected to measure the new length. It's now just one gentle turn from the handle to the valve instead of a 96" long looping mess.
Update 30 Aug 2020: The Shop Straw idea to lubricate the valve easily didn't work out--the back pressure caused leaks and other anomalies. I ended up putting a small screw into the hole I'd made in the valve body (as shown in many YouTube videos by others who first came up with the method). BL: I removed the Shop Straw pictures and text.
I also finished up making new handles. There's a separate thread on that issue: https://gdrvowners.com/forum/operati...s-easy-to-make
Howard
Finished up the Kitchen gray valve today. I found the same corrosion on the cable rod (after a complete disassembly of the rod and sleeve assy). I sanded off the major rust and lubricated the sleeve (and rod) with Motion Pro Cable Lube. Works great on a motorcycle cable...so hopefully helps keep the dump valve steel rod from rusting quickly again.
I also shortened the cable but neglected to measure the new length. It's now just one gentle turn from the handle to the valve instead of a 96" long looping mess.
Update 30 Aug 2020: The Shop Straw idea to lubricate the valve easily didn't work out--the back pressure caused leaks and other anomalies. I ended up putting a small screw into the hole I'd made in the valve body (as shown in many YouTube videos by others who first came up with the method). BL: I removed the Shop Straw pictures and text.
I also finished up making new handles. There's a separate thread on that issue: https://gdrvowners.com/forum/operati...s-easy-to-make
Howard
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