Recent content by granpa49

Got it! Dropped the ball in, screwed it back together and it runs like a micro jack hammer. Haven't had a need for it yet so I don't know how it will work. I did shave some wood chips off of a pine board just to try it out, so it now works under load which it wouldn't do to start with. Now...

MSC had them. I had to order a bag of 100 but they were less than $6. The carbon steel version was four something but I ordered the chromed ones. Don't know what to do with the other 99, but if all ends well it will be a cheap fix. I've installed the O-Rings so as soon as the steel balls get...

Got the O-Rings today. Went to Fastenal who had bags of 100 but no singles. The salesman cut the bags and got me one of each of the five sizes and wouldn't charge me anything for them, hence he earned a free plug here. Regrettably, he didn't have the steel ball. I have found a couple dozen in...

Wow, thanks for the responses and the interest. This old scraper was given to me by a friend because it didn't work and because I thought it might be interesting to try and fix it. It will run, but not under load. I found five O-rings and aside from suffering from permanent deformation...

I have a Snap On PGS1 air powered gasket scraper. I disassembled it to check the O-Rings and in the process lost the steel ball. I'm hoping someone has a parts list with the ball size or an old one they can disassemble and measure the ball. Thanks in advance.