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I had a weep from my rapid buddy bottle. It was the older type valve with the ball bearing. Nothing for it but to replace the valve assembly. After emptying it completely of the remaining air,( remove the o ring and fit it to the rapid) obviously I had to remove the old valve assembly. The early ones don't have a key or a flat on the housing, so I assumed as the valve was us anyway, it wouldn't matter if I was a bit brutal. :o I warmed the neck of the bottle by rolling it in front of a small blowtorch just sufficiently to make the neck almost too warm to hold, but not enough to damage the paint. During this process, i put a small screw driver in the valve to release any further pressure building up by the air expanding. Then with the valve shoulder in the vice, I turned the bottle to release the thread lock and remove the valve. A quick email to Dr Bob (drbobsgunbits) had a new valve in the post to me and it arrived next day. ( Really nice chap to deal with.) Beautifully engineered with the new shrader valve, 2 spare o rings to service the shrader in the future. The valve assembly is machined so you can use a spanner to fit it and remove it for servicing. All for the princely sum of 30 pounds posted. The whole job took less than 30 mins and its back in business
