Last week I tried to remove the bottle from my Royale. The air came hissing out which I thought was odd because my old Royale held the air in the bottle when it was removed. After some searching, I found several posts from over the years from people that didn't think the bottle was removable at all. It turns out there is a check valve in the bottle and if yours isn't holding air, you may have one of the two issues I had. I wanted to share my experience here in case it can help someone else out later
The first problem was that my check valve was actually stuck. The rod in the center that is spring loaded would not budge up or down and was stuck in the open position. This is a super easy fix as you only need to unscrew the check valve body/housing (see pics) from the bottle and give the pin that is sticking out of the bottom of the brass nut a couple of taps. I did not need to take the actual check valve apart for this. The whole procedure took about 2 minutes.
After putting it back together and trying again, it still leaked. This time I had to take the check valve apart and it turns out I had a damaged o-ring that sits on that donut you can see in the pic. AOA was great and sent me a new donut, complete with o-ring free of charge under warranty. Another very easy fix as once the check valve is apart, you only needed to poke the old donut out of the housing, slide the new one in, and screw the check valve back into the housing. Anyway, I hope this helps!
This is a pic I borrow from a google search that was easier than taking mine apart again
The first problem was that my check valve was actually stuck. The rod in the center that is spring loaded would not budge up or down and was stuck in the open position. This is a super easy fix as you only need to unscrew the check valve body/housing (see pics) from the bottle and give the pin that is sticking out of the bottom of the brass nut a couple of taps. I did not need to take the actual check valve apart for this. The whole procedure took about 2 minutes.
After putting it back together and trying again, it still leaked. This time I had to take the check valve apart and it turns out I had a damaged o-ring that sits on that donut you can see in the pic. AOA was great and sent me a new donut, complete with o-ring free of charge under warranty. Another very easy fix as once the check valve is apart, you only needed to poke the old donut out of the housing, slide the new one in, and screw the check valve back into the housing. Anyway, I hope this helps!
This is a pic I borrow from a google search that was easier than taking mine apart again
