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Title: Water line seals needed..!
Post by: Hans&Marjet on November 01, 2014, 12:26:45 pm
Hello All.
Yesterday I replaced to the 2 dump valves on our U300 and when putting the water lines back on the faucet and flush lines I noticed the seals on the lines (see below) are cracked. I tried the local Lowes and Home Depot without luck anyone have a source for these "cone" type seals.

Help much appreciated

Hans
Title: Re: Water line seals needed..!
Post by: Don & Tys on November 01, 2014, 12:38:34 pm
You can usually find them at an RV or trailer place that works on RV's or you can get them online. Search for Santoprene seals. Here's a link to get you started...
Saniprene Swivel Seal, 1/2" - RVWholesalers.com RV Parts and Accessories (http://www.rvwholesalers.com/catalog/saniprene-swivel-seal-1-2.html?gclid=CI_o-93r2cECFYVlfgodEQ4Arg)
I hope that helps.
Don
Title: Re: Water line seals needed..!
Post by: rbark on November 01, 2014, 12:45:40 pm
Hans, I got mine at the local Home Depot. They carry Sharkbite equipment
Title: Re: Water line seals needed..!
Post by: Don & Tys on November 01, 2014, 01:12:32 pm
Richard,
I didn't have much luck with the seals that came in the Sharkbite swivels. A little background, as a side effect of my bulkhead repair and basement rebuild (had to remove the maniblock, FW & waste tanks, water heater, water pump, etc.)  I replaced a lot of the Pex tubing and nearly every Pex Swivel on the coach over the course of that project.  I replaced almost all of the original Sharkbite swivel seals with the beefier Santoprene seals. By not having much luck, I mean that when I turned the water on (with a regulator inline by the way), I had too many leaks to count. The most notable ones were pretty much every line on the Maniblock, and the freshwater inlet and faucet in the utility bay. I was severely disappointed with that result to say the least. I had even bought a bunch of extra Pex swivels to scavenge the seals out of to try and stop leaks on swivels that I had already crimped in place and in some cases, cut off and replaced new leaking Pex fittings and put new ones in their place with the same result. I was quite happy to find that I got a reliable seal when I replaced the original leaking black seals that came with the Sharkbite fittings with the white Santoprene seals. Besides, when I was doing my bulkhead project a year and some ago, Home Depot didn't have the Sharkbite Pex swivel seals available by themselves.
Don
Hans, I got mine at the local Home Depot. They carry Sharkbite equipment
Title: Re: Water line seals needed..!
Post by: rbark on November 01, 2014, 01:26:09 pm
Don, that's good to know! It's things like that, that make this site what it is. :))
 
Title: Re: Water line seals needed..!
Post by: Hans&Marjet on November 01, 2014, 01:35:22 pm
Don / Richard Thank You for the suggestion... :D

Ill order them today...

Hans
Title: Re: Water line seals needed..!
Post by: danieljeff545 on November 01, 2014, 01:51:32 pm
I got mine from the local ACE hardware.  They matched them from the toilet plumbing seals they had in stock.
Title: Re: Water line seals needed..!
Post by: Raymond Jordan on November 01, 2014, 04:25:00 pm
Hi Hans,
 You can go to tweety's on line. They call them saniprene swivel seals. Tweetys.com
Raymond
Title: Re: Water line seals needed..!
Post by: Hans&Marjet on November 02, 2014, 05:04:44 pm
Thanks again to all who responded...will be putting "Ben" back together this coming week.

 :)
Title: Re: Water line seals needed..!
Post by: Jim Frerichs on November 02, 2014, 06:07:19 pm
Kind of crazy...the sanoprene seals are dirt cheap and the shippng is $!0. No surprise, huh.
Title: Re: Water line seals needed..!
Post by: Jimmyjnr on November 02, 2014, 07:12:07 pm
I got shark fittings and parts from ace