Thanks Delta, GM Seals

[WRS-Q8]

Thanks!!

To Delta Kits and all you experienced members on this forum. You have given me priceless information and confidence regarding the windshield repair bussiness. I have been reading this forum for the last 6 months and feel as though I have gained 6 yrs worth of knowledge from all of you. Thank you Delta, for your free resin samples. I called 6 companies about samples and your company was the first of two to respond, and your resin samples were outstanding! So good, I ordered a liter!!!!

My question pertains to GM users. Where can I find replacement seals for the Power Vac System (white base, black o-ring)? I know these are generic seals and can be found on the local market in the U.S. for a significant price difference compared to the distributor GM. The info will save me time while back in the U.S. on vacation.

Regards,

Curtis

[BmwJunkie]

Easy....Trade your equipment in for delta bridges. But I am bias.

[repare-brise]

The piston o-rings can be purchased at any auto-parts or hardware store. The white injector base seals are a made for GM only part(they are just a faucet washer, but made of a special rubber that resists resin degridation, if you want to order 10,000 of them Korky might sell them to you?).

As for swithching to Delta, in Kuwait he is certainly doing trucks, IE: vertical glass, something that requires more work with the Delta equipment then GM.

Merci

[Delta Kits]

As for swithching to Delta, in Kuwait he is certainly doing trucks, IE: vertical glass, something that requires more work with the Delta equipment then GM.

LOL! Spoken like a true GM distributor!

Nice to see you back Yvan!

[Repair1]

Hello

I know about these seals, you can buy them direct from a company called Lavelle Industries 1-262-763-2434 there part number is M65-53 DO NOT BUY THE STANDARD SEALS, Request white Neoprene you should be able to get them for about .04 each a huge savings

[CPR]

You may want to buy a bunch of seals, I have run into alot of problems and wind up pitching them.

[Repair1]

At that price you can afford to throw a few away thats for sure...

[Sneck]

I know this thread is about GM seals, but you may find this interesting.

I have both GM and Delta equipment. I only have GM equipment because that is what I bought when I first started my business years ago. When I upgraded my equipment to the newest equipment available, I bought GM and Delta. I have been using both for some time now and here is my assessment...

GM works good, but is very awkward and much much more time consuming to setup the bridge and injector assy in comparison to Delta. There are 5 wear items in the GM injector alone!
1-end seal
2-orings
1-adjustment screw
1-piston (piston threads wear from the metal adjustment screw rubbing against the piston threads when screwing the piston up or down.)

This is a real concern because from every repair I have done using GM equipment, I have seen tiny tiny metal shavings in the resin - most likely from the wear of the adjustment screw against the piston threads during each pressure and vaccum cycle.
I have also seen tiny tiny pieces of black o-ring rubber shavings left over in the resin as well. (Yes, I did lube the o-rings with resin per the GM training, and cleaned the injector componets after every repair).

The bridge is made of aluminum (looks cool), but if you fumble and drop it on a windshield, you might have to replace the whole windshield!

The GM injector design is such that a tech could re-use the resin that is left in the chamber after the repair, but I sure in the heck wont do that because the resin is contaminated with metal flakes and tiny black pieces of o-ring rubber after every repair.

Those are the negatives I have found about GM equipment.
On a positive note... Because of its design, it is naturally an excellent tool for vertical glass, and consequently, that is the only time I find myself using it.


Now on to DELTA...
Delta equipment has only one wear item. It is the white end-seal in the injector. I cannot put it more plainly than this...

...DELTA equipment is EXTREMELY EASIER, AND FASTER to use. The setup and clean-up is a million times faster, and I am on to another job quicker than GM. If I fumble and drop the Delta bridge, it wont break a windshield like a GM bridge could. There is no contaminated resin from component wear. And to be perfectly honest, I do have better results using the Delta equipment.

This is just my personal experience of using the two types of equipment in the field.

Sneck

[CPR]

I use it on trucks only, Delta gives me better repairs so I use it on everything else. Switch out the metal screw with a plastic one and the shavings are gone, I told GM about that trick but they dont seem to get it.