I attacked my talon valve early this morning…
…before I even had a cup of coffee 😯
You know your addicted when you go to your airguns before your morning “Joe” 😆
Anyway, I followed the “sticky” Talon valve mod by Mike V and Robert…
I went into this knowing that if I “F#@ked it up” I would buy a condor valve stem.
I put the stem in my vise and slowly/carefully (well, as careful as you can wiht a hand held drill) bored it out to .125″ I don’t recommend this method, it is ideal to use a press as instructed in the “sticky”.
Next I deburred then smeared my .125″ bit with a gritty compound and ran it through the valve stem a few times. Then I went to Q-tips with a medium and finally a fine FLITZ paste
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I polished up the top hat where it meets the breech/bolt and I did some other minor polishing…
look at the picture below to see the difference between the condor valve spring retainer and the Talon spring retainer. The Condor spring is much softer than the Talon spring.
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Can someone please tell me what size O-rings I will need to replace the ones that were on this valve? This is my first time taking apart an Airforce Valve. I have plenty of O-rings…but I want to make sure I am using the right ones. Thanks
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Thanks synopsys. It was fun…especially since I didn’t tear it up. 🙂
SS, I think the o ring is fine…it had a little rubber shavings where it was pinched when first put together…but I think it will work. You are talking about the one that sits in the groove on the bottle itself???
I noticed there is another groove on the valve body. But I am not sure if an O ring is suppossed to go there as there was nothing there when I took it apart. So how many O rings in all are there on the valves? I will look in the sticky for a diagram in the meantime.
Yes, I did the side ports .125″ as well and I deburred and polished!
Just fucking dive right in, I love it, nice work 80!!! 😯 😯
Unless you really tore up that o-ring when you disassembled that valve then I would just give every thing a light coat of silicone oil and put her back together…the one that’s in my spare tank/valve setup is ragged and still holding air….also did you drill out the side ports as well on your stem???
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Damn it Grit, your a freaking modding machine 😎 😎 😆