does anyone know where I can buy a valve stem for my edging leshiy classic? My valve stem broke and all I can find are store that are out of stock. Unfortunately, the gun is useless without one… thanks for your help in advance!
Edging Leshiy Classic Valve Stem - where to buy?
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Check Brian at edgunwest.com
He usually has stock of these. Pretty sure the same exact valve is used in the lelya and r5 also
He usually has stock of these. Pretty sure the same exact valve is used in the lelya and r5 also
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My recollection of the R5/Lelya poppet is that the metal stem is too long & the plastic part it too short. So they can be cut down for the Huma sub-12 plenum but not for the standard plenum.
Contact Edgun West & confirm. If you already know they're out of stock then check Edgun Shop in Spain.
Contact Edgun West & confirm. If you already know they're out of stock then check Edgun Shop in Spain.
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Never had any issues with my Leshiy valve but my Lelya went through them as regular as someone dosed on ex-lax using TP. I did get rid on my EdGuns not to long back. Great shooters though.
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I might be able to knurle the old one and press it back into the vinyl. I wonder if a brass one would seal?
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@Elbowgrease Did you determine why your Lelya was going through valve stems? What would occur that indicated that you’d broken one? To be clear, are you referring to a Lelya 2.0 or an original Lelya?
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This was with the Lelya 2.0. Never did find out what was going on. I even backed off on the hammer spring tension. My only other suspect was the reg pressure being set to 125 bar instead of the 120 that they come with stock. Again I was just in thought about it. It was something I was going to make changes to before I got rid of it. Other then that I checked everything else. There was no binding or anything that I could find. One thing I can say is that the valve always broke in the same place. Like it was a weak spot or something in the design. Not knocking on Ed or anything. I loved the Lelya 2.0. For me the design was the perfect bullpup. I loved that thing. It shot well and was compact, but not to compact. While I was doing some research I did see that some basically said that the valve is a disposable part. I was looking at the schematics and noticed that there was a bushing missing but this was a power restrictor bushing used in the places where there are sub 12 foot pounds of energy limitations. I did make a non-restricting bushing that would offer some support. No luck. I even considered making my own valve for it. Around that time I did find a guy on the net that made custom valves for the Lelya but there were none in stock so I set up to be notified when they were back in stock. Never heard anything and kept checking back. By then I had another compact airgun I was looking at. Thats when I got rid of the Lelya.
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@Elbowgrease Some of that makes sense. Why the valve would break in the same area is concerning. I did watch a video that Brian did with the introduction of the Huma power reg (just looks like an added plenum) that allowed him to reduce the reg pressure to 120 bar in .30 caliber. With that said, perhaps the hammer strike was too much for the material at a higher setting or maybe the hammer struck the valve in a way where there was uneven pressure from the impacts that eventually caused failure. It's mere speculation on my part, but good to be aware of whatever the case.
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