As mentioned in another post I just finished servicing my first ever C370.
I fount disassembling and assembling it quite straight forward (contrary to discussions I have seen eg in Scubapro C370 service manual? ).
What bothers me though is the condition of the metal sleeve (part no 33 in the schematics).
This is how the sleeve assembly was when I took it out:
Here is the sleeve after cleaning it:
The "dirt" inside the grove is corrosion and groove's surface is not smooth any more. Also notice the permanent (?) discoloration of the (otherwise) smooth outer sleeve surface. I couldn't clean it any further.
Here are my questions: How critical are these? Are these sleeves made of so crappy material, or is there something wrong with this particular one? Is there something that can be done to fix this now and/or are there any preventing measures to stop the corrosion growing even further?
A bit of background info: I bought this reg new in summer 2019. As it has been working flawlessly since then (about 280 dives all in salty water), and to be honest a bit scared after reading the disassembly/assembly difficulties other divers had, I have been postponing servicing it until now. During that time the care it was receiving was this: Within an hour since the last dive of the day (regs still mostly wet) it was submerged in fresh water for about 10-20 minutes and then rinsed with a garden hose. Then hanged to dry and stored in the basement. Exception was during 3 one-week-long diving trips/LoBs were it was not rinsed/cleaned with fresh water for a week at a time. Ok, for sure it is NOT the most well taken care off reg in the world, but I dare to say that it was not too bad taken care off either.
Thanks for any feedback.
I fount disassembling and assembling it quite straight forward (contrary to discussions I have seen eg in Scubapro C370 service manual? ).
What bothers me though is the condition of the metal sleeve (part no 33 in the schematics).
This is how the sleeve assembly was when I took it out:
Here is the sleeve after cleaning it:
The "dirt" inside the grove is corrosion and groove's surface is not smooth any more. Also notice the permanent (?) discoloration of the (otherwise) smooth outer sleeve surface. I couldn't clean it any further.
Here are my questions: How critical are these? Are these sleeves made of so crappy material, or is there something wrong with this particular one? Is there something that can be done to fix this now and/or are there any preventing measures to stop the corrosion growing even further?
A bit of background info: I bought this reg new in summer 2019. As it has been working flawlessly since then (about 280 dives all in salty water), and to be honest a bit scared after reading the disassembly/assembly difficulties other divers had, I have been postponing servicing it until now. During that time the care it was receiving was this: Within an hour since the last dive of the day (regs still mostly wet) it was submerged in fresh water for about 10-20 minutes and then rinsed with a garden hose. Then hanged to dry and stored in the basement. Exception was during 3 one-week-long diving trips/LoBs were it was not rinsed/cleaned with fresh water for a week at a time. Ok, for sure it is NOT the most well taken care off reg in the world, but I dare to say that it was not too bad taken care off either.
Thanks for any feedback.