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badger 105 patriot air not adjustable

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  • Member since
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  • From: Denver, Colorado
badger 105 patriot air not adjustable
Posted by waynec on Monday, May 11, 2020 11:13 PM

 i now have a really clean airbrush but the air is not adjustable any more. the triigger does not go up and down. i took the valve apart and added a new spring. i think the washer for the spring is still there. tried it with quick disconnect and without,  same issue.

thanks

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  • Member since
    August 2005
  • From: Mansfield, TX
Posted by EdGrune on Tuesday, May 12, 2020 5:55 AM

Remove the air valve assembly from the airbrush & attach to hose   Run compressor   Manually depress the knob on top of the valve   Get air?

If you do it's not the valves fault   Reassemble making sure that the socket on the bottom of the trigger engages the ball on the top of the air valve assembly.   

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  • Member since
    May 2012
  • From: Pennsylvania
Posted by pilotjohn on Tuesday, May 12, 2020 6:16 AM

Does the trigger move forwards and backwards?  Does the needle move as well?  Perhaps there was some paint or solvent that dried on the top of the air valve?

Just checking; you did reassmeble correctly?

John

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    October 2008
  • From: Fullerton, Calif.
Posted by Don Wheeler on Tuesday, May 12, 2020 11:28 AM

Did you get solvent on the little rubber O-ring?  If you did, it can swell and jam.  If that's what happened, let it dry out a few days and it might shrink back to size.  Look at the photo on this page to see how the valve goes together.

Don

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  • Member since
    April 2006
  • From: Denver, Colorado
Posted by waynec on Friday, May 15, 2020 4:55 PM

pilotjohn

Does the trigger move forwards and backwards?  Does the needle move as well?  Perhaps there was some paint or solvent that dried on the top of the air valve?

Just checking; you did reassmeble correctly?

John

Thanks everybody. Operator head space and timing issue here.
Don i have your book.
and John No i did not reassemble it correctly.
I was putting the spring "above" the valve, as in the stem went through the spring instead of below the valve stem and compressed with the cap. I have spare springs, end cqps, and valve stem.
sprayed thinner through it at various pressures. will paint tonight. just vallejo primers but it should be fine.

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