How to make cheaps seals ! - For the do it yourself guys !

[thierryc]

A friend of mine showed how to make make water tight seals for pushrods coming out of the WTC and that is so easy and cheap that I thought I should share it here.
First you need a Pneumatic fitting, available at any car store, diameter matching the diameter rod, here 1/8





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Open it and remove the

Open it and remove the compression fitting inside





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Then you need to carefully

Then you need to carefully bore the inside of the fitting to the diameter needed, here 1/8. A hand drill works, a drillpress is better.





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Once the inside is nice

Once the inside is nice and smooth, fill up the fitting with lithium grease





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Then put a 1/8 oring

Then put a 1/8 oring on the opening





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Finally screw back the top

Finally screw back the top of the fitting in place, make sure to squeeze the oring tight but not too tight



And Voila ]http://sub-systems.dyndns.org/subcom-on/forum/seals/dcp05733.jpg[/img]

Total cost $12CDN for 5 of the 1/8 (including oring) and 2 of the 3/16 (including oring



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