"IanM" wrote in message
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Bill Noble wrote:
can one of you guys who knows stuff look at this valve and tell me why
the
threads for the lateral movement of the stem are on the outside of the
valve
body and the inside of the aluminum handle, instead of the inside of the
valve body and the stem as with every other valve I've ever seen? There
must be some reason. link to inactive auction is:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...m=300292252976

thanks - it's been bugging me for a few weeks now - I've never seen this
arrangement - I guess it keeps you from breaking the stem off from over
torque - is that the reason?

'This page is no longer available'

Got a piccy you can stick in the dropbox?



the auction closed before I got around to askng the question - if you look
for completed auctions and use that item number (300292252976) you will get
it - I'm reluctant to take up space in the drop box for this question,
though of course I could - I have two of these valves, and except for the
way the handle is mounted, they seem to be normal high pressure valves. If
you still can't see it, let me know and I'll upload a photo.