13-03-2019, 10:14 AM
Hi Marytn,
I put a few of these in to my sports a while back. Like you I found that they were not going to go in without a fight/encouragement.
My method was to pop the seals in to a bag and then leave in the coldest part of the freezer for an hour or so, the idea is to get them cold enough to shrink just a tiny bit. I then lightly greased the cup and got a few aluminium jaws ready in the vice. I then quickly removed the seals and pushed them in using the vice, being really careful to make sure they went in square.
All seemed to work ok and 1,000km later no sign of a leak.
I put a few of these in to my sports a while back. Like you I found that they were not going to go in without a fight/encouragement.
My method was to pop the seals in to a bag and then leave in the coldest part of the freezer for an hour or so, the idea is to get them cold enough to shrink just a tiny bit. I then lightly greased the cup and got a few aluminium jaws ready in the vice. I then quickly removed the seals and pushed them in using the vice, being really careful to make sure they went in square.
All seemed to work ok and 1,000km later no sign of a leak.
Steve & Tate Davidson
Perpetual Amateur Austineers
Perpetual Amateur Austineers