Vics has got it, Ive changed a couple, just out of curiosity I cut through them, the pink was only skin deep, although I did have a hose tail break once where the barbed bit was wafer thin and the pink went right through the wafer thin bit.View attachment 61612
For those of you who know about seacocks can you cast your experienced eyes over these? Should I be concerned about the pinkness? Anything else I should do to check if these are still OK?
I serviced all of my Blakes Seacocks just before launch late summer this year. Some were pink after cleaning, some were not, all went to a more yellow colour after lapping. My seacocks got wet for the first time 42 years ago and all are original.
Before Lapping
After Lapping
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The surface dezincification may be characteristic of DZR brass.
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For those of you who know about seacocks can you cast your experienced eyes over these? Should I be concerned about the pinkness? Anything else I should do to check if these are still OK?
Is the lower seacock handle in the picture meant to be that shape or has someone gorilla'd it due to seizing? I know I've been guilty of putting a bit of 'shape' into mine before realising it's time to service them!
If you are worried about them then change them, simple.
Depends if you can't sleep with that nagging doubt at the back of your mind.It may be simple but is it necessary? In my case, no. See #4.