Cleaning primary valves

[Kdivad@AOL.COM]

In a message dated 02/24/2000 2:52:21 AM Central Standard Time, 
remoody@midstatesd.net writes:

>  )   Much better, and thanks for the gap, I forgot to ask that.   It seems
>  no more than .030".  Those suckers barely move.   I tested each one for
>  seating, and some of them for no apparent reason at all didn't seat so 
good.
>  I disassembled them in a manner you prescribed, I was able to push the the
>  stems down rather than tap them.  Then I had to twist and pull them off by
>  hand.  I suppose I could have driven them out.   Every thing looked clean
>  and when I placed just the top part on the seat they struck down good as
>  gold but when I put them back on the stem and tried them they "leaked"
>  again.  Suddenly they would pop down and be tight.  That was not good
>  enough, so back apart they came and once again, by themselves they stuck
>  down to the seat like glue when tested.  Reassembled though, they
>  leaked---even when pressed down with the thumb.  Yet when the top part was
>  pushed all the way down so there was no travel it held tight as a drum.
>      Unless you know already, I will really be surprised if you can tell me
>  what is going on.   It is an unfair question.   It would help to have the
>  valve board on the bench to figure it out.  Now it seems like these
>  primaries shouldn't work at all.  Of course look at all the players
>  including Standard that did away with them.  Hold over from 64 note players
>  is my guess.    ---ric
>  
Ric,
Try rotating the top a little at a time (dry fit no glue)  and testing the 
for leaks at each position.  Warped stems or misdrilled holes?  I find this 
works for me sometimes.
David Koelzer