I am not sure what you are asking. Is it leaking? I have a similar looking mini-regulator. That is just a connection from the regulator to the disconnect. When the connection is not fully tightened, you should be able to twist the regulator side so that the gauge and cartridge are pointing in reasonable directions. I don't think you need teflon tape on any of these connections.How are these things supposed to operate?
Could you unscrew the four parts and lay them out for a picture so we can see the mating ends?I understand it to be a swivel thingy that as you said, lets me rotate things so they can be lined up as wished. When everything is tightened, nothing freely rotates.Of course, if I unscrew something then yes, something moves, but not in the sense of a swivel, more in the sense of simply loose. There is a condition I don't know how to create, where the swivel allows me to rotate freely but only in one direction. (going the other way just makes it unscrew)
So my only choices are Fixed position or too loose... And occasionally for some reason, free rotation but only in one direction.
Could you unscrew the four parts and lay them out for a picture so we can see the mating ends?I understand it to be a swivel thingy that as you said, lets me rotate things so they can be lined up as wished. When everything is tightened, nothing freely rotates.Of course, if I unscrew something then yes, something moves, but not in the sense of a swivel, more in the sense of simply loose. There is a condition I don't know how to create, where the swivel allows me to rotate freely but only in one direction. (going the other way just makes it unscrew)
So my only choices are Fixed position or too loose... And occasionally for some reason, free rotation but only in one direction.
And that is exactly how I found all our expensive 1" hose x 3/4" hose reducers at work - threaded onto 1" pipes.The answer: "The gobs of tape used indicates the parts don't actually fit together in a legit fashion".
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Ha ha... could be but I hope not. I haven't been able to attach it again WITH tape attached so not sure whats what. Are you using one like this? The brass thing on the right requires a hex key (forgot the real name) to un-screw. BTW... Which nut (?) is supposed to be the swivel-er? the knurled brass step down adapter lin the middle or the one on the right that requires the hex key?
Should it provide unlimited rotation or only unidirectional rotation?
Are you sure about that? I thought the swivel was to allow different usage orientations once it was set up....It swivels to assemble it. It's not meant to swivel when it's tightened. No, you do not use teflon tape on flare connections. Remove that.
Correct."It's not meant to swivel when it's tightened."
If you are correct, then I guess that means it is working properly NOW,
and I was using it incorrectly for the past oh, seven years?
That is also how mine works. When the nut onto the disconnect is a little loose, you can twist the regulator side into position. When you tighten that down it seals the flare thread and also locks the regulator in place."It's not meant to swivel when it's tightened."
It definitely swivels. The 1/8" BSP threads are part of a flare "tailpiece". You can see that it's not machined from a single piece by this gap here..Is the piece that screws onto the QD actually a swivel / two-piece adapter or is it one solid piece?
If two-piece true swivel then tightness and alignment as one desires should present no problem. If one piece then it will be trickier, although certainly not impossible, to get everything tight and in the desired alignment.
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