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Michael, One of the reasons for Scubapro's parts policy is to protect their warranty. Scubapro is one of the only companies that still offers a limited lifetime warranty on all their regulators. What this means is that ALL parts are FREE to the original purchaser as long as the regulator is serviced annually. The cost of annual service is usually close to the cost of the parts for a 1st and 2nd stage alone. In our shop this equates to $39.95 for a first and second stage. Retail parts cost for a Mk20/G250 is $34.00. If parts were sold over the counter then there would be no control over the quality of workmanship that went into the rebuild. No control means that every bloated head, "I CAN DO IT BETTER THEN ANYONE ELSE", no knowledge, no update bulletins, farm animal stupid diver could screw up their reg. and then have the dealer fix it for free. Just yesterday I had to work on a regulator that not only didn't work right, but had the parts from god knows what reg. in it. The owner, or someone else, attempted to compensate for it by bending the lever assembly up. I've seen seats that can not be flipped over still used this way. I've seen screw up piston knief edges that look like somone used a screw driver to push it out. I've seen piston springs beat to death in order to lower IP but shims were in place and, the real cause was the wrong HP seat. Get the idea? If you insist on working on your own regulators, then talk (NICELY) to your dealer and see if he needs a backup repair technician. All he needs to do is send you to a Scubapro repair clinic. You would then be able to purchase parts from your dealer, and help him out on repairs in the shop. This would not allow you to do work outside the shop for others however. Technicians are not freelance. They must be tied to a specific shop so they can receive current bulletins on changes, warnings, and technics. The objective is to keep technicians updated. I know there are still some bad technicians out there, but this is better then allowing anyone to buy parts and call them selves a tech. Good luck. - JT At 03:52 AM 1/24/99 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. >
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