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Hi all,

Has anyone has any experience of a really stubborn air cylinder. I've emptied it of air & am trying to remove it to inspect the inside & fit a de-pinger from Julian. I have tried heat & gripping it with a latex glove to give more grip but no joy. All the strip down videos say it's only hand tight

Thanks in advance

Jonny1510 wrote:Hi all,

Has anyone has any experience of a really stubborn air cylinder. I've emptied it of air & am trying to remove it to inspect the inside & fit a de-pinger from Julian. I have tried heat & gripping it with a latex glove to give more grip but no joy. All the strip down videos say it's only hand tight

Thanks in advance

which end are you trying to take off ?

The transfer port end

Jonny1510 wrote:The transfer port end

are you sure there no air left in it as it shouldn't be that hard to undo .

I'm absolutely certain, dry fired until it dumped the last of the air. Also made sure I could push the valve with the hammer! This seems to have quite a few people stumped!

Jonny1510 wrote:I'm absolutely certain, dry fired until it dumped the last of the air. Also made sure I could push the valve with the hammer! This seems to have quite a few people stumped!

are you anywhere near somerset ? if so pop over to see me and i'll have a look at it for you

Thanks for the offer Julian but I'm in West Yorkshire so a bit of a treck!
It's been suggested to clamp it in a vice with some wooden blocks & put a spanner over the gauge block for extra leverage so I'll try that in the morning. Just puzzled as to why mine is so difficult to get off as they are usually hand tight!

Jonny1510 wrote:Thanks for the offer Julian but I'm in West Yorkshire so a bit of a treck!
It's been suggested to clamp it in a vice with some wooden blocks & put a spanner over the gauge block for extra leverage so I'll try that in the morning. Just puzzled as to why mine is so difficult to get off as they are usually hand tight!

the wooden blocks sound good but not the spanner on the gauge block , it'll cause the block to leak from either of the o rings or may distort the block .

I was dubious about it but willing to try almost anything! I'll try the vice & elbow grease then. Thanks for telling me about that, although you've just done yourself out of a sale for a new gauge block

Have you tried re fitting the barrel band at 10 O'Clock to the barrel and using it as a handle? Google Altaros and look at the fitting video for their AA regulator.

This link might work, click on 'Detail' and then 'Video.'
http://www.altaros.cz/en/air-arms/3-air ... lar-models