Busted the black plastic handle off one of my dump valve gates
Guess it got brittle after all these years. Pulled on it the other day to dump the tank and it crumbled in my hand. Is there any way to fix this without replacing the whole valve shaft?
Sounds like its time for a new valve. Thats what I would do anyway. They do make extension shafts, maybe you could modify one of those to fit your old shaft.
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It was jus the plastic handle. Didn't appear to be threaded on there but rather molded the end of the shaft. The end of the shaft has a machined out area towards the top end to help keep the plastic in place.
Guess it got brittle after all these years. Pulled on it the other day to dump the tank and it crumbled in my hand. Is there any way to fix this without replacing the whole valve shaft?
If a handle can't be found it would be easy to tap threads onto the shaft then tap threads into a piece of soft metal stock for a handle. Use a backup nut to keep the handle in place.----Pieman
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