Water line seals needed..!

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Water line seals needed..!

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

Re: Water line seals needed..!

Reply #1 – 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
I hope that helps.
Don

Re: Water line seals needed..!

Reply #2 – November 01, 2014, 12:45:40 pm

Hans, I got mine at the local Home Depot. They carry Sharkbite equipment

Re: Water line seals needed..!

Reply #3 – 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

Quote from: rbark – November 01, 2014, 12:45:40 pm