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John, I think they sell to anyone who takes the ( free ) clinic. This prevents the kind of monkery that surfaces like putting the 200 seat in the 250 reg - a popular piece of stupidty that went on for a while which causes the poppet to slip by and fail the reg in the off position ( the tubes in the 190 ( or metal ) version are not the same size as the 250 version , a subtle difference. Most of what causes the 250 seat to wear improperly involves improper installation adjustment, and use. The other common problem is letting the reg dry out too much which causes the orifice o-ring to dry up and let gas hiss by ( not the seat at all). The 250 is the premier reg for decompression - it keeps the WOB to a minimum on what amounts to the longest and highest ppo2 point in the dive. John Dunk wrote: > > On Sun, 24 Jan 1999 03:52:33 GMT, you wrote: > > >My SCUBA Pro G-250 second stage is starting to free flow if I tune it > >almost any more then all the way in. I looked at the seat and it is > >fairly indented. I do all of my own work on my regs and have been > >extremely successful in changing seats and adjusting my Zeagle/Apex > >regs. I asked about just getting that part from one of the local dealers > >but was told that they are not allowed to sell just parts and that I > >would have to have it serviced. I can understand the policy to protect > >the average person from themselves, but it seams a bit too heavy handed > >to contractually stop shops from selling parts to the general public if > >they reasonable know what they are doing. I certainly don't need to > >spend 50-60 dollars replacing the seat (actually the entire stem since > >it seams to be glued on) when I can comfortable do my own work. > >Does anyone have a rebuild kit for the regulator? I probably want to > >pick up a couple extra for future use and would gladly pay whatever they > >usually sell for. I just don't think it is worth having someone do it > >for me; kind of like asking someone to mix my tanks and label them for > >me. > > Mitch, this has been Scubapro policy & my pet peeve for over 20 years. > They (Scubapro) have made some of the most reliable & > hi-performance regs I have ever used. But their parts policies IMHO > are abusive in the extreme. They threaten their dealers with loss of > franchise if those dealers sell parts to anyone except someone who has > completed one of their repair clinics, I.E., someone that works for or > owns a Scubapro franchise.I worked for such a shop several years ago, > and had the credentials, but they stayed in Michigan when I moved to > Florida, so back to Square One. > If you want to work on your own Scubapro regs, you are forced to > either find a sympathetic dealer who will take the risk & sell you > parts, or pay for a complete regulator overhaul & then redo it > yourself. > I gave up letting dealers work on my regs when I watched one attack > mine with a 15-inch crescent wrench & a vise (chrome plated brass > doesn't respond well to that kind of force) > As for me, I'm considering switching to the Oceanic. It's a clone > of the old Scubapro Mk V adjustable; a real workhorse (I still have a > MK V over 20 years old I use every week) but I understand shops like > Lloyd Bailey's will sell you parts to these. > Good Luck > > John Dunk o > Lake City,Fl o > screwloo@is*.ne* ____o_____
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