Need new pull bar for grey dump valve (2011 26BH)

hizenberg · 06-22-2019, 03:46 PM

Hello,

The pull bar for my grey tank is quite bent and is not very strong when trying to use it to open and close the grey tank valve. I want to replace it but am not sure how to. My local RV shop says I can just buy a new bar and you just spin the old one off and spin the new one on. The ones at the shop have threads inside the bar. My trailer has a metal cotter like pin in it and the ones at the shop do not have this or a hole to put a pin in. I'm wondering if it's just an extension piece and I can just untwist the whole bar off and replace with the new one. See image for a better idea of what mine looks like.

I was playing around under there today and took this picture. The whole bar, including the part with the pin seems to unscrew all as one but I don't want to take it off incorrectly and not be able to get it back on.

Going on a trip soon so would like to replace today if possible!

RogerR · 06-22-2019, 05:26 PM

Please post the model and year of your RV in case there is a special situation involved.

Is you valve marked Valterra or Bladex? If it is, there is a standard replacement valve handle on Amazon and elsewhere. Maybe yours needed to be longer and they put an extension on it?

I would try to see if the old one unscrews and then order a replacement.

Tunce the traveler · 06-22-2019, 06:29 PM

It’s on the 1st line 2011 26bh

Jagiven · 06-22-2019, 07:59 PM

It is definently a different setup than mine. My rod has 1/4-20 threads. Yours might too.

But you should be able to remove the cotter pin. Go to your favorite DYI store. Buy a rod, determine where the cotter pin goes, and drill a hole. The other end?, not sure how it is connected from the image. Maybe a 1/4-20 die or the correct size for your rod diameter, and thread it for a handle.

hizenberg · 06-22-2019, 08:41 PM

I got a Valterra piece. I pulled the cotter pin out and the rod slid out...the little piece I was able to unscrew from the valve and then I screwed the new one into it. It wouldn’t go all the way on, there is a small gap but should be ok. See image for new one.

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