Checking my gear for upcoming trips, I noticed the gasket in one of my 30l barrels is getting little checks in it. I see a leak is immanent. Anybody know a source for replacement gaskets? Or am I going to have to fabricate something?
Checking my gear for upcoming trips, I noticed the gasket in one of my 30l barrels is getting little checks in it. I see a leak is immanent. Anybody know a source for replacement gaskets? Or am I going to have to fabricate something?
We fixed a leaky 30L barrel last fall that needed a replacement gasket by using the gasket from a 5 gallon screw top pail lid. I have a lot of those from laboratory use. One of these lids.
Steve, it did not take a lot of secondary O ring gasket thickness to waterproofily seal that barrel. It was a Goldilocks experiment, this one is too thick to close the ring easily, this one is too thin and the barrel still leaks. This one is juuust right.
Maybe leak test the barrel before and after.
I do not know if hardware stores sell O rings gaskets in that diameter, or lengths of DIY gasket material. In a pinch screen window spline might work.