{"id":54,"date":"2013-10-16T03:55:00","date_gmt":"2013-10-16T03:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tacticalparts.com\/blog\/?p=54"},"modified":"2016-12-26T12:49:10","modified_gmt":"2016-12-26T20:49:10","slug":"the-enemy-teflon-tape","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tacticalparts.com\/blog\/the-enemy-teflon-tape\/","title":{"rendered":"The Enemy: Teflon Tape"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/a>Fixing compression:<\/strong> new o-ring’s and Dow 55 or rubber conditioner.<\/p>\n

The enemy:<\/strong> Teflon tape.<\/p>\n

I’m sure you have heard of Teflon tape mods to fix cylinder head leaks on a V2 gearbox or air nozzle leaks on a bar 10 and all the random theories and “quick fixes” that you can do with a roll of Teflon tape on your Airsoft gun. The truth is Teflon tape dissolves in most lubricants, has a very low tensile strength, is designed for low pressure water applications, and easily goes everywhere<\/em><\/strong> in a working gearbox where it shouldn’t.<\/p>\n

I have opened more gearboxes than I could count that looked like an Easter basket after their “mod” came off their cylinder head and wrapped its way around everything in a gearbox. Truth is, this method is more expensive then doing it right the first time. I’ve also seen hundreds of cases now where Teflon tape will partially dissolve and turn into a nasty gear-clogging goop inside your gearbox. At $30 an hour, I make a decent chunk of money fixing these so called “mods” for kids.<\/p>\n

If your cylinder head leaks then replace the o-ring and lube with Dowe 55 or power steering pump leak stop. Instant 5 year fix. Teflon will do one or two games
\nbefore it fails. A basic o-ring cost’s $0.50 from most stores and saves you a lot of cleaning and headache.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Fixing compression: new o-ring’s and Dow 55 or rubber conditioner. The enemy: Teflon tape. I’m sure you have heard of Teflon tape mods to fix cylinder head leaks on a V2 gearbox or air nozzle leaks on a bar 10 and all the random theories and “quick fixes” that you can do with a roll … Continue reading “The Enemy: Teflon Tape”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-54","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tacticalparts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tacticalparts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tacticalparts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tacticalparts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tacticalparts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=54"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/tacticalparts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":617,"href":"https:\/\/tacticalparts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54\/revisions\/617"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tacticalparts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=54"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tacticalparts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=54"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tacticalparts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=54"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}