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UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: P @ F on February 27, 2019, 08:02:12 pm

Title: Univalve doin me heed in !
Post by: P @ F on February 27, 2019, 08:02:12 pm
Would not shut off today no matter how hard I pulled the hose , I have one on each pole , the bad one is on an SLX 18 and will only turn off with up to 3 sections extended .
The good one is on a Facelift 42 or thereabouts this one works fine , both poles run the same tubeless piping so it cant be that !
Whats gone wrong , gonna pull it apart in a mo to have a little look see , any ideas ?
Title: Re: Univalve doin me heed in !
Post by: Anthony Jardine on February 27, 2019, 08:42:02 pm
The hot water has possibly stretched the inner pole hose and you’ve pulled out of place the plastic in base of the  top section of pole

Just a thought if you set it up that way, mine was playing up and it was that
Title: Re: Univalve doin me heed in !
Post by: P @ F on February 27, 2019, 08:58:52 pm
Nothing dislodged loose or out of place , but wow was it grubby inside almost like the carbon dust build up you get inside an SLX if you dont maintain it !
Have cleaned it all out and lithium greased it all , seems to work better now but the test will come in the morning I suppose .
The good thing with it though is all you need is a pair of pliers to service it !
Will update tha mora  ;D
Title: Re: Univalve doin me heed in !
Post by: Spotfree on February 28, 2019, 06:17:11 pm
Has the univalve improved? If so what did you do, mines causing me some minor stress.
Title: Re: Univalve doin me heed in !
Post by: dazmond on February 28, 2019, 06:36:11 pm
im still on my first univalve that i bought over 2 years ago now,i do have a spare when this finally gives up the ghost.....it still works fine....it does sometimes take a few tugs to turn on/off but this is because of the hot water as when i used cold the other day it worked every time as the hose was much stiffer....

one of the best inexpensive inventions for WFP IMO.......
Title: Re: Univalve doin me heed in !
Post by: johnny bravo on February 28, 2019, 06:56:08 pm
same here,      played up once, reinstalled it and  still going good, 3 years.   got  new one laying around for when needed.
Title: Re: Univalve doin me heed in !
Post by: P @ F on February 28, 2019, 08:01:00 pm
Did not get chance to use it today as had to be an internal trad rat for the day due to rain  ::)roll
Looking good in the morning though .
But all I did was open it up and clean it out then smear some lithium grease on the thing !
Title: Re: Univalve doin me heed in !
Post by: M & C Window Cleaning on March 01, 2019, 12:06:15 am
The hot water has possibly stretched the inner pole hose and you’ve pulled out of place the plastic in base of the  top section of pole

Just a thought if you set it up that way, mine was playing up and it was that

When I had mine set up with the ExCeed kit it did this numerous times. I found it really frustrating. I ended up removing the bung.
Title: Re: Univalve doin me heed in !
Post by: P @ F on March 01, 2019, 12:53:40 pm
Working like new again now , just have to remember to clean and grease every 6 months
Title: Re: Univalve doin me heed in !
Post by: Shrek on March 02, 2019, 01:44:03 pm
Working like new again now , just have to remember to clean and grease every 6 months

Do you just spray with wd40?
Title: Re: Univalve doin me heed in !
Post by: robbo333 on March 02, 2019, 02:15:20 pm
How do you get them apart?
Title: Re: Univalve doin me heed in !
Post by: P @ F on March 02, 2019, 05:39:18 pm
Working like new again now , just have to remember to clean and grease every 6 months

Do you just spray with wd40?

I just smeared some lithium grease on the insides
Title: Re: Univalve doin me heed in !
Post by: P @ F on March 02, 2019, 05:42:51 pm
How do you get them apart?
If you email me from my profile I will send you the Exceed strip down vid Robbo
Title: Re: Univalve doin me heed in !
Post by: RPCCS on March 02, 2019, 07:08:11 pm
How do you get them apart?
If you email me from my profile I will send you the Exceed strip down vid Robbo
Do the same for me please email sent
Title: Re: Univalve doin me heed in !
Post by: P @ F on March 02, 2019, 08:03:32 pm
Forget that idea, email won’t let me attach it !
Title: Re: Univalve doin me heed in !
Post by: RPCCS on March 02, 2019, 10:53:12 pm
Bugger try pm ing it?
Title: Re: Univalve doin me heed in !
Post by: P @ F on March 03, 2019, 10:05:18 am
Seperate post with Janner accent video now !