This is a bite valve from a hydration bladder. I’d like to disassemble it so that I can clean it out and let it dry properly. Is there any way to do that? I tried searching online but the results were either AI garbage or did not apply to this bite valve in particular. Pulling with mediocre force on any of the parts doesn’t seem to do anything, and I don’t want to pull any harder in fear of destroying the valve.

  • AskewLord@piefed.socialEnglish
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    2 months ago

    yes, but you’re likely destroy it in the process. bite valves are not designed to be cleanable or fixable, but rather replaceable.

    buy a new one. and yeah if it’s too old, they won’t make new ones, so time for a new bladder.

    I’ve broken every bite valve I tried to fix.

      • bluGill@fedia.io
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        2 months ago

        The good news is now you know you are not supposed to be able to do that. So you can try it with confidence: if you can’t get it back together - it was already trash so there is no lost and you don’t even have to feel bad for breaking it. And you just might learn something( or figure out how to fix it!) and thus have the the makings of a good blog post.