5 minute hookah tune.

[Lakemonster]

Figured I'd share something I did to my new syrian hookah to give the ball-lock a better seal.
If you take the valve apart and remove the bearing, you will see the funnel like area that leads to the oriofice in the center.
Take a Dremel tool with a pointed felt bit and use jewelers rouge to polish this area to a mirror finish.
I noticed that I got a much better seal from the lock afterwards.
The other thing I noticed is that the bearing gets dirty pretty fast and that changes the concentric shape of the bearing when crud is on it..... taking away from its sealing effect. I clean mine often.. or replace it.
Instead of paying 50 cents or more per bearing, try these guys [url="http://www.purvisbearing.com/"]http://www.purvisbearing.com/[/url] or the like. You can get several hundred of them for what you would pay for 10-20 otherwise.
In a pinch a steel BB could be used. but they dont have a poliushed surface and will be prone to leaking.

[alen]

hey lakemonster welcome to the forum - great infoits allways great to learn new with tips and tricks - keep up the good work

[uselessdreamer1]

nice info, thanks.

[mushrat]

and to reiterate soemthing said before..but hey i need the messege count to get moderator status ()...Airsoft pellets have also been recomended, and being plasitc, they won't corrode can be found about anywhere and are cheap to boot.

[great glavin]

[quote name='mushrat']and to reiterate soemthing said before..but hey i need the messege count to get moderator status ()...Airsoft
pellets have also been recomended, and being plasitc, they won't
corrode can be found about anywhere and are cheap to boot.[/quote]

I actually thought about doing that with my hookah in a homemade
contraption to make it self sealing, ive got the 8mm bb's so it looks
like it'll work out nicely.

[uselessdreamer1]

i think i need to make one of these homemade contraptions.