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if the gasket is seated and clean from debris (sediment,sand,etc) then it should seal fine.make sure there are no nicks in the gasket.you just might not have seated it properly when reassembling it,which leaves me to ask "why did you take it apart?".as for the innertube,i left the nylon sock in mine when putting the innertube in place,innertube goes around nylong sock.i cut a hole out for the hose.the innertube is a great idea,and anyone who owns these wings should do it to protect them from being cut.my wings have abrasions in the outer shell from restrictions,but the inside bladder is flawless.ive heard of some guys having their wings last many years of extreme diving with the innertube protecting them. - jt On Fri, 6 Sep 1996, Todd Leonard wrote: > On Dive-Rite Original Wings, is the gasket that forms the seal between > the bladder and the hose assembly supposed to be replaced whenever it's > disassembled? On the wings I bought recently, this seal is leaking like > a sieve. I'm trying to determine whether I caused the problem myself by > taking it apart the day it arrived, and whether solving the problem is > just a matter of putting in a new gasket. > > For the detail-oriented: There's a circular "ridge" that runs around > the face of each surface that mates against the gasket. These ridges > have left an imprint on each side of the gasket, so I think I'm getting > a bad seal because I'm unable to line up the imprints *exactly* with > the ridges. The diameter of the circle on the bladder side is about > 27mm, and on the hose side it's about 33mm, so I wondered if I might > be able to just flip the gasket over and get a fresh surface -- that > seemed to make the seal even worse, however. > > The "Doing It Right" video shows an inner-tube used to protect the > bladder. Should the inner-tube be used instead of the thin nylon > cover (the one with the velcro) inside the wings, or over it? Also, > do you use a "hole" or a "notch" in the inner-tube to make room for > the hose assembly? In other words, do you have to detach the hose > when you install the inner-tube? (tough to explain w/o a picture) > > - Todd > > -- > Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@terra.net'. > Send subscription/archive requests to `techdiver-request@terra.net'. >
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