Originally Posted by
travelinhobo
I guess I really needed to be super obvious specific. I WENT to Ace and other hardware places. I stood there and tried on the sizes that seemed to agree using eye scan. They fit, but not properly enough to make the suction noise when I gave the pump a fake pump to know it was perfect. I went outside and pumped the tire with that first O ring I thought was a perfect fit even tho it didn't make the suction noise. It DIDN'T pump.
I do not belong to your throw-away perfectly good products that in any other country would and could be fixed mentality.
I live on my bike. Thus, I get plenty of riding in and searching for an O ring is not wasting riding time.
I will continue my search.
did you apply a small amount of light grease to the o-ring, piston, and bore ? have you CLEANED the bore and piston?