Atomic SS1- Small Leak. Missing O ring?

[thor]

I have a leak which is coming from the area where the hose slips on to the plastic connector, which the SS1 then screws onto. I have a zip tie and cemented the conector, and had my LDS look at it. Still leaks. They also tuned my reg which didn't help. I am not sure if there is supposed to be an O ring in that connection, but I placed on in there arone the nipple, and that seemed to stop the leak. If anyone has one of these, is there suppposed to be an O ring there. Anyone have a similar problem.

[BSea]

If I understand correctly, you are talking about the swivel area. Correct? If so, there is nothing there that can be serviced. Sounds like you have a bad swivel. But after the swivel there are a couple of 0-rings.

Attached is a schematic showing the swivel hose assembly.



EDIT: The schematic is prior to the production of the SS1, but it should still be correct.

[thor]

No its not the swivel. It is the adaptor that the SS1 screws into. One end of it fits into the hose and the other end is what the SS! scres into. I think there is supposed to be an o-ring on the end that the SS1 screws into.

[BSea]

Originally Posted by thor

No its not the swivel. It is the adaptor that the SS1 screws into. One end of it fits into the hose and the other end is what the SS! scres into. I think there is supposed to be an o-ring on the end that the SS1 screws into.

Ok, then there are 2 O-rings past the swivel. If you look at the schematic, there is the 1st part that has an O-ring and a plastic washer. The swivel connects to the swivel housing. Not shown in the schematic is a rubber cover over the hex part of the housing. to make sure there is an O-ring & the washer, you have to take the swivel off the housing, and you have to remove the rubber part to use a wrench on the housing. I'm betting that's where you are having a leak. The other 1 is pretty straight forward, and is located past the swivel housing and goes between the housing and the 2nd stage.

I have some pictures somewhere that show the rubber piece removed. I'll look for them & post them when I find them.

[BSea]

Ok, I was thinking ST1 not SS1. Here's the schematic for it. Disregard everything I said before. Sorry.

[Splitlip]

B, I think he is talking aout the corrugated hose connection.

No, there are no o-rings and you should not need to cement it in place. They are no different from a standard inflator connectiion.

Did you use the correct adapter? Atomic makes 3 I think.

There is an o-ring inside the connector on the "nipple". Has nothing to do with connecting to the corrugated hose and cable tying though.

[BSea]

I was lost from the beginning. Sorry Thor. I guess I deserve the HAMMER.

[thor]

OK. Solved the mistery. Splitlip got it right. There is an o-ring that sits in a groove on the SS1 side of the adaptor/nipple, between the part where the air comes in/out and the rotating part. Not so long ago I tried to connect a garden hose to wash my BC, and I think that must have dislodged the o-ring. The SS1 comes with three adaptors, and they all use the same o-ring, so I had some extra ones. No more leak.