05-07-2013, 06:20 PM
Thanks for the reply, SHigSpeed! Much appreciated. [
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I might try your and albinotrout's suggestion of valve replacement once I find out if replacement bladders are available for this tube and if they would come with newer valves or the same old red, 90 degree, thin tube valves.
Then there's the question of adding the newer valves, see pic below, and their top height, depending on type / brand, protruding against the inside of the cover as there isn't a cover "hole" for them to poke through as I have seen on other Outcast tubes.
At this time, my skill set regarding urethane bladders is very limited and I'd rather not tempt fate with the possibility of a botched valve replacement job without bladder replacements being available.
The bladders I saw at the Outcast website had very different shapes than my bladders. Some reasonably priced and some "very" expensive, in my opinion.
My tube bladders have the shape of a long rectangle that angles to a point at one end.
[#000000]Bladder dimension, deflated and laying flat is:[/#000000]
[#000000]77" overall length, along the top, square corner to the point. [/#000000]
[#000000]At 54" from square end's bottom corner, the bladder's seam angles up to the upper pointed end. [/#000000][#000000][#000000]The square end is 20-1/4" wide. [/#000000][/#000000][#000000]See attached pic.[/#000000]
Waiting to hear back from Outcast now. [unimpressed]
Any further ideas are always appreciated!
Thanks.
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] I might try your and albinotrout's suggestion of valve replacement once I find out if replacement bladders are available for this tube and if they would come with newer valves or the same old red, 90 degree, thin tube valves.
Then there's the question of adding the newer valves, see pic below, and their top height, depending on type / brand, protruding against the inside of the cover as there isn't a cover "hole" for them to poke through as I have seen on other Outcast tubes.
At this time, my skill set regarding urethane bladders is very limited and I'd rather not tempt fate with the possibility of a botched valve replacement job without bladder replacements being available.
The bladders I saw at the Outcast website had very different shapes than my bladders. Some reasonably priced and some "very" expensive, in my opinion.
My tube bladders have the shape of a long rectangle that angles to a point at one end.
[#000000]Bladder dimension, deflated and laying flat is:[/#000000]
[#000000]77" overall length, along the top, square corner to the point. [/#000000]
[#000000]At 54" from square end's bottom corner, the bladder's seam angles up to the upper pointed end. [/#000000][#000000][#000000]The square end is 20-1/4" wide. [/#000000][/#000000][#000000]See attached pic.[/#000000]
Waiting to hear back from Outcast now. [unimpressed]
Any further ideas are always appreciated!
Thanks.
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