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Cut and Remove the FlowTite Valve Body

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SUPER EASY REPLACEMENT OF PLASTIC WATER VALVE ON COPPER PIPE!

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What happens here

Position the ratcheting tubing cutter on the FlowTite valve. Locate the O-ring inside the valve body, which is approximately 1/4 to 3/8 inches from the end of the valve where it meets the copper pipe. Align the cutter wheel directly over this O-ring area. Tighten the cutter onto the valve body and begin ratcheting. The cutting action will cleanly separate the plastic valve body from the internal components, allowing the front section of the valve to pop off. Once the front part is removed, slide the remaining plastic pieces off the copper pipe, revealing the internal compression rings.

Goal: Detach the main plastic body of the FlowTite valve

Tools and materials

  • Gloves — Protecting hands from sharp edges of the valve components
  • Ratcheting Tubing Cutter RIDGID — Cutting the plastic body of the FlowTite valve

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make this job so much easier so we'll just get that on there and you want to just go up towards the front of this right here this whole other piece is going to pop off in section so just give yourself like a quarter inch or so 3 8 right towards the front of that where we're trying to cut is right up here right about a quarter inch in you want to make that cut you can see from this cutout that i made that you want to be right around that o-ring you want to be able to pop this off so this whole piece right here is going to slide back for you just a little bit that's where you're going to line up your little cutter wheel okay get that in there get that tightened down and then just begin this makes this awesome dude there we go you can start hearing it crack and then this whole little section right here is just going to come off check that out we're right there now pop that piece off we'll just be able to take this piece right here and we'll be able to slide it back like that

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