How to replace a valve on a kite.

[@evictory92]

U make it look so easy.. no matter how many times i try to get the air bubbles out i cant get them all out even pulling on it and destroying the bladder…

[@ewatersports]

This certainly is not an easy job. Sometime we suggest buying two valves or practicing with some old stickers. Roll them on, dont place them.

[@arefalkouatli3750]

What do you prefer, ball valves or flapper valves? My kite originally had a ball valve, now I need to decide what to buy.

[@ewatersports]

I don’t believe ball valves are available anymore. So flappers are the only way to go. In the end. A new bladder with preinstalled valves are the best form of repair

[@DS-go8mn]

In my experience of repairing / replacing over hundreds of valves those stick-on valves just make things worse and they don't last in the Florida heat

[@ewatersports]

It is defiantly not a permanent solution but maybe could get you out and on the water in several minutes. A better solution is to completely replace the entire bladder.

[@Paul-xm8rd]

Do you have a link where we can purchase those specific valves?

[@ewatersports]

They are going up on the website this week

[@julianomadelinebrunorio458]

any kind of glue could be use to reeglue the old valves?

[@ewatersports]

The original valves are electric welded, there are some glues out there but that process doesn't have a high success rate.

[@ericmnr]

How you removed the clips?

[@ewatersports]

ericmnr just use a flat head screw driver,