i3 lever behavior question

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LeeCat

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I have Dimension i3 BCD which I'm happy with in general. I own tor 2 yeas and i have some problems with inflate/deflate mechanism. I did BCD service and it looks like after it the lever behavior changed. Please take the info below with some caution as I'm not 100% sure with "historical" part.

Originally the lever had approximately equal travel passes for both "Inflate" and "Deflate". After the service the "Inflate" pass is very short (maybe about 10 degrees or so), but "Deflate" - long (40-45 degrees). I contacted local Aqualung distributor and his answer about the difference above was confidently positive: "It must be like this." I'd like to confirm it with i3 users.

There are few more problems with mechanism, and I need to send the BCD to distributor any way, but I'd like to be sure about my problem before I'll insist on fixing it.
 
Yes very short travel to inflate and slow deflate and dump for the downward motion. as you describe. 10 degrees inflate and 40 to deflate and dump
 
You will also probably find that you need a very small movement or short burst to inflate the BC as well. i find the lever very sensative.

---------- Post added May 14th, 2014 at 02:57 PM ----------

I see you are in SA. who did the service for you?
 
Yep... that's how mine is working now. Short travel up and much longer travel down.
 
They are SA main agent, so it should have been done right.
 
https://www.shearwater.com/products/peregrine/

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