Bernard releaser

[tonka]

I have a bernard double horizontal releaser, I think its model 216 and I'm having issues with it switching vacuum from one side to the other when dumping. The problem is thats its switching vacuum from one side of the releaser to the other but it's doing it really slowly, I took the part off where the vacuum line connects to the releaser to clean it out good and oiled it up so it slides easy, I took off the air piston? To see if that's causing the problem but that moves freely, I did a couple other things that I thought might be playing a role in the slow transition from one side of the releaser to the other side but can figure it out, any one know what could be the issue? Thanks in advance!

[Ultimatetreehugger]

Do you have enough cfms to run it? I didn't have a big enough vacuum line last season and had the same issue.

[JoeJ]

Bernard releasers are the issue. When I stated with vacuum, I bought 3 Bernard releasers. I had problems with them all season. I sold them and bought Lapierre releasers. Much simpler mechanism. In my opinion, horizontal or vertical, Bernard releasers are nothing but problems.

Joe

[Russell Lampron]

Bernard releasers are the issue. When I stated with vacuum, I bought 3 Bernard releasers. I had problems with them all season. I sold them and bought Lapierre releasers. Much simpler mechanism. In my opinion, horizontal or vertical, Bernard releasers are nothing but problems.

Joe

I had the same experience with them. The Bernard I had was a vertical single and nothing but problems. The tripping mechanism was always sticking and lubricating it made it worse. The vacuum valve developed an internal leak and the replacement valve developed the same problem shortly after it was replaced. My final fix was to trade it in for a Lapierre horizontal releaser which has served me well for several seasons.

Ultimatetreehugger may be onto something with the pump not having enough CFM's. If the pump CFM's are enough then the issue has to be in the mechanism or an adjustment or cleanliness issue.

[tonka]

This is my 3rd year with this releaser and this is my first issue with it. I have a vertical releaser that I've used for 4 years and have had no issue with it whatsoever either. The problem is talerable but not ideal.