Bladder repair

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Tbaggn
Tbaggn
NSW
57 posts
NSW, 57 posts
7 Dec 2009 10:45pm
Wondering if anyone out their has tried the u-stick orange replacement bladders put out by airtime. Do they work o.k and is it easy to fit the valve onto it without it having leaks? I bought one of them the other day as a result of a persistent leak on a seam of my slingshot rev but i'm not very optimistic it will do the job.
posko
posko
WA
179 posts
WA, 179 posts
7 Dec 2009 9:33pm
provided the bladder is the same size or a fraction larger it should be fine.

option 1.. take off the one pump tube and pull out the bladder, lay it flat over the orange u-stik. then take a texter and mark where the nipple needs to go, then stick the new nip on the new bladder (no hole needs to be cut yet. you do this with the pump). put it back in the kite. then before you re-attach the one pump tube put your pump into the new nip and pump til the new orange bladder pops a new little whole.... waaalaaah new bladder done.

option 2..(if old bladder is good and only leaks around nip) boil the kettle, put hot water in cup put ss bladder nipple area in the cup o hot water, wait till glu goes soft, remove nip wipe clean with alc wipes proved in nip pack, then find a flat serface to rest the dry clean bladder on and stick the u-stik nip into place. take a shooter glass and plass it over the nip press hard to be sure you get a good bond between bladder n nip...

hope these tips help.
peace and good winds
Pos
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