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I would recommend having a certified dive shop do the rebuild. Not that you’re not capable of doing the work, but from a safety factor; dive shops get updated information directly from the manufacture. They have the proper torque specs, recall information, specialty tools, etc. Sometimes you can have two o-rings that look identical but one is correct and the other is not.
Also, I’m big on supporting your LDS. Dive shops depend on getting paid to sell and maintain equipment for divers. This is how they feed their families. And we as divers need the shop to stay open so we all have a place to support our diving addiction for years to come.
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Greg - 9/21/2013 8:02 AM 
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I hear the preaching all the time and true many divers should not try to repair there dive equipment. but there is incompetence and dishonesty at dive shops too. They do not all practice what they preach! My recent experience regulator service told by the owner of the local shop my equipment was serviced and all completed. When I inspected my regs the top cover was missing including the environmental seal and cold water cover. 2nd stage was missing the front cover, both that when I brought into the shop it was requested to order replacements due to they fell apart due to cheap plastics from the manufacturer. He tried to tell me the parts were not needed for proper function in Florida warm weather even though it was obvious trash could build up behind the piston and regulator spring and cause a failure. I was charged 2-3 times retail for parts because he was not an Oceanic dealer and which he neglected to share with me when I first went to the shop. And 2 tanks just needing new vip’s. He charged me for tumbling which were inspected by an employee he hires to help which I know well and trust. That is a cave instructor former shop owner that the owner consulted due to his greater knowledge who told me the tanks were fine to me privately and did not need tumbling in his opinion.
I believe in supporting my local dive shop also. But it is my life if I am competent and want to service my equipment the scuba Nazi’s should not prevent me from buying the needed parts and or not allow me to get training or manuals to do it properly. It just causes people not to service there reg until its broke or try to fix it without the needed parts and or knowledge!
Honest shops that give you good service and value for dollars spent should not have a problem staying open.
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Thank You for the heads up Greg
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Thanks for the info found them they are genisis valve’s. By the way the valve’s I have a problem with are the one’s I took to the shop to be vip and charged me for unneeded cleaning but did not pick up on the bad seats in the 2 valve’s. It has been very annoying that everytime I try to check my o2 content the air is wide open on or off. No cracking the valve for a slow steady stream. Seems to me a trained so called profesional would pick up on this problem right away!
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Rebuilding a valve is not
rocket science, but it will be if you try it with a full tank.
You can easily
rebuild your valves. Don’t let anyone dissuade
you from being self-reliant. Next it will be regulators, you’ll buy a small compressor, and pretty soon you won’t need your LDS for anything except the latest issue of Dive Training Magazine.
John at NESS (see link above
from GoDeeper or mine below) has parts for almost everything and he’s cool with selling them
to DIY divers. I’ve been buying from John for many years.
The only special tool you
will need to rebuild that valve is a slotted screw driver to remove the valve
stem nut. You can order one from John http://www.northeastscubasupply.com/tank-knob-tool-dss/
or you could make one by grinding a slot in a large flat screwdriver with a
disk grinder.
Good luck. PM me if you need help or just want to bounce something off me.
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Thank you for the link! I bought most of the speacialty tools year’s ago to test and tune when they get a little out of wack or tune to my higher standard that the shops do not allway’s do it right. Downloaded manuals I could find. Selling my oceanic and upgrading to Hog regs. Parts have been a chalenge to find to do it right! I am a perfectionist on my dive gear.
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Thanks John they shiped me the parts and now the valves are repaired as good as new!
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KEWL!!! GOT TO LOVE CRAZY JOHN AND THE NESS STAFF!
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