Reply To: Repairing A Broken Needle Valve

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JOSEPH BRINCAT wrote:

WOW! great job…. was that a salvaged knurled end or did you have to fabricate it? Tricky fab job with internal taper and straight knurl

Joe B

Thanks guys! The job wasn’t really hard, just a bit time consuming.

joecb: I cut the knurled end off the old needle in my first photo and grafted it onto the good end of the original needle. I have made complete needles from scratch before but only for needles with snap on knobs. This older style with the tapered screw could be made but I would need a slitting saw, which I don’t have. Maybe down the road sometime.