How to replace the neck seal on an Ocean Rodeo Pyro Pro

[bounce]

All,

Since it was surprisingly little info about how to replace the neck seal on an Ocean Rodeo Pyro Pro dry suit online, and since the manual is next to useless, I published a documentary here:

http://strikk.com/dr/

Frode.

[Janus]

Thx frode for sharing.
I need to replace my neckseal aswell.
I replaced the ancle and wrist seals already but still looking for something which will fit in the neck..
Like you i found out that a ball doesn't work... so i'm still searching for the grail...
looks like you found it, got a pic to share from the grail and it's dimensions?
Thx

[Woody71]

Try a kids beach bucket, or a plastic paint kettle, that should do it :0)

[cglazier]

Thanks for your excellent article and pictures. I had to replace a neck seal once and I agree that the manual is useless. It was a difficult job, but your article will make it easier for anyone in the future.

CG

[SalmonSlayer]

OR is a good company which makes the useless manual out of character for them.

I did not look too hard for the right sized object so I used the following method sent to me by another kiteboarder.

Using a heat gun, heat up the white tape that is pre-existing on the suit not the new seal, you peel away the white paper to expose a sticky strip on the new seal, and roller tack the neck seal at 12 o'clock
tack at 6 o'clock
tack at 3 o'clock
tack at 9 o'clock

Then work each quadrant till its completely sealed. this was the most helpful tip I was given thus I didn't need the exact size ball to fit the whole neck seal at once.

[Miltsface]

very good video on this available on the NRS website:

http://www.nrsweb.com/shop/product.asp? ... eptid=1036

[eree]

hi Frode,

probably best solution is to repair your suit by local scuba dive equipment repair shop. they do this kind of job for decades now...

[bounce]

hehe, - a divers shop could have been easier, - but I wanted to try it out.

I attach two pictures of the bowl, - it's about 70,5 cm in circumference.

Also, I have now used it twice in 5 degrees C, and it seems to hold up well.

The video is good, - but slightly different, since he uses aquaseal to glue a seal to an old seal, - I used a pre-applied glue to glue a seal to the old tape (I am still unsure if I could have removed this tape with heat).

Frode.