Working Man's Burbon

[LockDoc]

Originally Posted by HO455

I don't have a good feeling about how this is going to work out over the long run as the gasket bunches up sometimes. I like the look of the cap but the seal isn't the best design. I just don't have a clue as to what the thin plate is supposed to do.

The thin brass plate is just a backer for the seal, to make it stiffer. Otherwise the seal is too flexible to seal good. In the next to the last picture it looks like the seal is not laying flat on the top side. Is the brass backer plate bent on that side?

LockDoc

[HO455]

Originally Posted by LockDoc

The thin brass plate is just a backer for the seal, to make it stiffer. Otherwise the seal is too flexible to seal good. In the next to the last picture it looks like the seal is not laying flat on the top side. Is the brass backer plate bent on that side?

LockDoc

Hmmmm! There is no brass backer place under the gasket. Not even a flat surface. May be that has been the problem all along. I will get a photo of what is under the gasket and post it.
Thanks again LockDoc. You Da Man!

[LockDoc]

Originally Posted by HO455

Hmmmm! There is no brass backer place under the gasket. Not even a flat surface. May be that has been the problem all along. I will get a photo of what is under the gasket and post it.
Thanks again LockDoc. You Da Man!

I was going by what you said in post #396: "I just don't have a clue as to what the thin plate is supposed to do." I thought you were talking about the gasket backer plate that I have the arrow pointing at in the photo below.

LockDoc