URGENT HELP Needed: Sweet Valve going Loco!!

[DOG ON]

Darn, I think I made a huge mistake!

I called a well known supplier of offroad parts and spoke to a guy who usually is very wise and asked if he had a Sweet Valve ujoint for the old type of sweet vales and he said that they were not longer made.....

Then I asked if I could puncture a hole and "adapt" a newer type of Ujoint with a perpendicular screw to the shaft, he said that it was not a problem....when I proceeded to make the hole and adapt the ujoint , I notice that the shaft had oil lines inside and I started to have serious leaks and the valve behaved erratic....

Check this out:





I disassembled the valve and noticed that there was a hole where an internal shaft was lubbed and rotated going inside the main valve shaft. I tapped the hole and cut the internal shaft......

What is this internal shaft for? Once this shaft was shortened the valve acts all LOCO on me, check it out:



Is this shaft some sort of calibration device? Why is my valve presenting these symptoms? Bad orings? bad assemby? mayor Fúp?

Thanks for the advice...I have a race this saturday and I am in Mexico, hence the urgency....

Regards

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[DOG ON]

Did I trashed it?

[atomicjoe23]

Are the wheels turning on their own???

[mexracer10]

I think the internal torsion bar is broken, also those splines look like 3/4 i am sure you can still get u-joints for that. Either way i am sure you need to rebuild that one or get a new one.

[DiRtSuRfErS]

I had this problem when the line were hooked up backwards or reverest. double check the way the lines are hooked up to the valve.

[djblakely]

That is exactly what is going on. Several of us buggy guys have been there, done that one.

[DOG ON]

I ended up buying a new one and wasting 500 just to be on time for the race. I appreciate everyone's input and I will play with this thing when I come back.....Time to play now!!!

See ya in Rocky Point!!!

[5racer]

looks like a broken torsion bar ,if its not that then it needs a priest lol.

[burninfuel]

The lines are reversed, rip the wheel out of your hands, or call the exorsist.

[MCM MOTORSPORTS]

I have seen broken torsion bars do weird things similar to incorrect hose hook up. But swapping hoses is easiest to check.