DIY foot pump repair

In detail: DIY foot pump repair from a real master for the site my.housecope.com.

Is a foot pump (photo 1) more profitable than a compressor? Yes! In the event of a breakdown, it can be repaired by yourself.

- the valve is stuck in the cylinder,

- inside, when shaken, a knock is heard.

To repair the foot pump, we need:

Squeeze the protruding ends with pliers (photo 2)

and take out the cotter pin (photo 3).

We release the stem from the socket (photo 4).

Remove the lock washer with a screwdriver (photo 5)

and take out the axle on which the cylinder is attached (photo 6).

We knock down the lid with a hammer (photo 7)

and take out the insides (photo 8, 9). Everything spilled out into the hand, which means the nut has been unscrewed. The breakdown is not terrible.

We check the components, the kit should include (photo 9):

Putting it together in the same sequence as listed above. We put a pressure washer on the rod (photo 10), the edge is curved and should be directed towards the piston.

Next is the rubber piston and washer (photo 11).

We check the integrity of the grower, if it bursts, we change it and put it on the stock (photo 12). Lubricate the piston with grease or other grease.

We screw the nut (photo 13) not all the way, so as not to crush the rubber piston.

We fill it neatly into the cylinder (photo 14)

and with a hammer, tapping in a circle, we put on the lid (photo 15).

Good time, Friends, fishermen!

On an extreme fishing trip I got into trouble, the pump for pumping the boat out of order.

Fortunately, he was not alone, his partner borrowed his. This is what the initial examination showed, the seam came apart, and the fabric was frayed.

So I had a free day, I decided to do the repairs.

I didn’t immediately "finish" how to disassemble this product of the Asians brothers!

On closer examination, it turned out that everything is simple, like sending two bytes, you only need a slotted screwdriver. First, I removed the sealing gum, such as an oil seal.

Video (click to play).

Then he began to "unfold" the fabric.

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DIY boat foot pump repair

An autopsy of the "Patient" showed that the patient is rather dead than alive!

He started resuscitation. I ripped open all the seams, inside there was a nylon cord instead of a side ring.

Since this “skin” cannot be reanimated, I decide to replace it with natural leather. All the same, our ancestors also used leather on blacksmith furs. Put a cloth on my skin

Outlined the outline with a simple fountain pen and cut out with scissors.

At home, the sewing machine could not sew the leather, it was manually sewn with an old braid.

I decided not to stitch along the contour, but to glue it with glue. But first I checked how the skin would hold in the groove of the case, as it turned out, the native nylon cord is rather thin. I tried on a rubber "oil seal", so it came up just right.

It remains only to "wrap up" everything in the reverse order. I started from the narrowest point.

Since the skin was inserted into the groove quite tightly, I had to help with a screwdriver, only it was necessary to slightly round the edges of the slot on the screwdriver so as not to cut through the skin.

As a result, I managed to resuscitate the pump in about an hour.

A self-repaired foot-operated boat “frog pump” is ready for new and long-term operation.

I hope my experience is useful to you. Thank you for taking the time to read this article.

Melnikov Pavel - Especially for the site SamodelkiFISH, Novokuznetsk, Russia

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The topic of a good pump for a PVC boat is very painful for many, since pumps tend to break at the wrong time or do not satisfy us with real performance characteristics.
The pump bellows quickly deteriorate. Made of not very dense PVC fabric, they quickly lose their airtightness - the fabric exfoliates, air bubbles, cracks and holes form. The fur pump becomes a useless item or you have to transport another pump for final inflation.
Repair of a fur membrane (gluing from the inside) usually gives temporary results - damage is still formed in neighboring places. Plus, it is clear that all repair manipulations with the pump are time and nerves.
On this basis, many have long transferred fur pumps to the category of consumables: they used the season - threw them out, bought a new one. But that's a different topic, and here I ask you to post specific recommendations for repair.

I am demonstrating my experience in repairing the membrane of a fur pump, maybe someone will come in handy ..
1. Disassemble, remove the old membrane. We cut it in a place convenient for you - I chose a cut in the narrow part.
2. We use the old membrane as a pattern. We cut out a new membrane from PVC fabric with a margin of length at the gluing point.
My fabric is denser, probably about 800 g / m2 (the more interesting the experience of subsequent operation will be).
3. Remove the PVC seal from the old membrane or look for a similar new one.
4. We glue it onto a new membrane.
5. We measure the length of the membrane along the pump casing to control the exact length of the workpiece when gluing. Convenient to make with copper wire.
6. Glue the membrane. I filled in the gaps in the PVC seal (my old one was not enough) with small strips of linoleum.
7. Install on the pump body.

Time will tell how long the new product will live.
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