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Greetings all!
Figuring someone on this list is also an RV person who's done this already:
I am midway through a black tank replacement / system upgrade on our GMC Birchaven and have acquired a couple of Valterra valves that will eventually be situated under the coach and not quite within reach when I need to open / close them. So I want to build some valve shaft extensions to make them accessible.
It appears that the valve handles are threaded onto the valve shafts but applying a bit of twisting force to the handle while holding the shaft with pliers didn't unscrew it.
On the plastic handle casting there's a slight indentation that looks like either a set screw or roll pin may be involved but a deeper visual inspection doesn't really bear that hypothesis out.
Rather than using the BFH style approach and regretting it - Do these valve handles actually unscrew or is there a secret code to the process?
Thanks in advance
Stu
Figuring someone on this list is also an RV person who's done this already:
I am midway through a black tank replacement / system upgrade on our GMC Birchaven and have acquired a couple of Valterra valves that will eventually be situated under the coach and not quite within reach when I need to open / close them. So I want to build some valve shaft extensions to make them accessible.
It appears that the valve handles are threaded onto the valve shafts but applying a bit of twisting force to the handle while holding the shaft with pliers didn't unscrew it.
On the plastic handle casting there's a slight indentation that looks like either a set screw or roll pin may be involved but a deeper visual inspection doesn't really bear that hypothesis out.
Rather than using the BFH style approach and regretting it - Do these valve handles actually unscrew or is there a secret code to the process?
Thanks in advance
Stu