3/4 in ball valve sweat
#1
04-20-20, 01:25 PM
3/4 in ball valve sweat
I just installed a 3/4 ball valve sweat and it is leaking. It is leaking at the seam. Is there a way to fix it. I tried to tight in but no help.
#3
04-20-20, 02:36 PM
Group Moderator
See step 10 in this video. They also suggest soldering with the valve open and using solders with lower temp melting points.
#4
04-20-20, 03:09 PM
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Once it's sweated in place.... there is no way to tighten it.
You'd have to take it out to tighten it up..... or at least unsolder one end.
You'd have to take it out to tighten it up..... or at least unsolder one end.
#5
04-21-20, 04:18 AM
OK I have never done this on a fitting like this so it is a bit of a shot in the dark.
Get a strip of thin rubber or something like rubber etc. In my case I used Nalgahide, I think that is what it is called. It was left over from a snowmobile seat re-cover project. In the old days we always had inner tubes.
Wrap it around the fitting a couple times.
Then put a clamp over it and tighten it up.
Might save you from having to unsolder everything.
Note that I would check that the ball valve is actually shutting off properly before doing anything.
Get a strip of thin rubber or something like rubber etc. In my case I used Nalgahide, I think that is what it is called. It was left over from a snowmobile seat re-cover project. In the old days we always had inner tubes.
Wrap it around the fitting a couple times.
Then put a clamp over it and tighten it up.
Might save you from having to unsolder everything.
Note that I would check that the ball valve is actually shutting off properly before doing anything.
