Central Pneumatic framing nailer parts

Take it to a nail gun service shop. I’ve done that before with old
guns. They opened them at no charge.

In your case the gun may be a new enough design parts from other
donor guns would fit, or parts from another maker.

Dumb thought, but why not make your own gasket? Gasket material is cheap at auto parts places…

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Thanks for both suggestions. With regard to the service shop I’ll have to check yellow pages or the web for something like that. And as far as making my own gasket, not a dumb thought at all. I did think about that. Wasn’t sure if it would work or not since the original gasket was like a hard rubber/plastic type gasket. Much stiffer than an O ring. Both good suggestions which I will have to explore further. Sometimes you need another person to point out what’s pretty much right in front of you which is good. Thanks.

If all else fails, I got a tube of RTV High Temperature Silicone at an auto parts store that’s made for repairing or making gaskets.

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Now the high temp silicone is something I hadn’t thought of. That’s a good idea. I think the gasket material or silicone is a more likely option for me. I’m not sure where I might find a repair center and I’m not about to drive all over the place to get to one. Thanks, I appreciate all of the ideas presented.

Why not go straight to the source? Harbor Freight Customer Service & Parts @ 800-444-3353.

Tried that already. Nailer is discontinued and they’re no longer providing parts for it.

If you had it for a few years and it served it’s time for for what it was bought for and you don’t need it anymore, trash it and call it a good buy. Most HF stuff (but not all) is only ment to let you know if you if you willl use it enough to need a better tool or not.

Richard says it succinctly “Most HF stuff (but not all) is only ment to let you know if you if you willl use it enough to need a better tool or not.”

Quit spending good time and money after bad, you had 5 years use; The repair kit for a known brand nailer, let alone service charges are more than the new retail value of a current model nailer.

-- Regards, Steve2

Wal-Mart sells the best gasket material you will ever need, tire inner tubes.
They sell them in the automotive section. Get the cheapest on, for like a 13” tire or something. Cut and make the gasket you need. Put the rest of the inner tube up till you need another gasket. I done industrial mechanic work for years. We were working on machines that hadn’t been produced since the 1940s. The only way we got gaskets were to make our own.

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Definitely not taking it in for service. Even I know that’s not worth it for a HF item. And as far as throwing good money after bad, I’ve had very good success with air nailers from HF so it’s hard to toss something that’s in such good shape. But I’m not about to turn cartwheels to get this working again. So far I’ve gotten quite a few ideas which don’t cost a lot and I don’t have to go out of my way to test. The inner tube idea is quite good. Remarkable how simple some solutions can be and they’re right in front of you. Thanks for all the input.

We used inner tubes in the navy for some of the stuff in the engine room that was made befor I got of of grade school but was still in use on the ships.

I mentioned Wal-Mart because it’s one of those places that seem to be close to anywhere that I’ve seen inner tubes sold at.
However, the plant I worked at we didn’t have to go buy them. The plant recycled inner tubes into rubber slabs that was then shipped out to various companies (3M was our largest client) to be made into products. So we had an abundance of inner tubes.
Now keep in mind we were working on much larger gaskets than what you’re dealing with, but I still thought I’d tell you how we made our gaskets. We cut out a flat piece of inner tube to go where we needed the gasket. Then with one man holding the material in place, another man, using a ball peen hammer, tapped the edges all the way around and into any bolt holes, perferating the rubber material. Then it was just a matter of taking a razor knife and finishing off any material that was still holding waste material on. Shop made gasket for something that wasn’t made anymore.
In the automotive mechanical business, that I’ve also worked in, there’s another method I’ve used to make gaskets for obsolete carburators and such. I used the backs off of spiral tablet, the thin carboard kind. I just marked the pattern for the gasket with an inkpen. Then I cut it out with a razor knife or scissors, depending on the shape of the gasket. I used cardboard on carburators because it soaked up and became resilient to gas leakge. Gas would make rubber swell and fail too quickly though.

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Wow thanks. That’s some very useful information that I can put to use.