Brass Problems: Trumpet valve still sticking after being oiled

A quick solution to try for sticky valves after you have tried oiling them.

As I say in the video if you are still having issues seek advice from your teacher or a brass repair specialist.

[ItzWolfpack]

Saved me I have a solo audition tomorrow and it kept getting stuck

[accidentals_hacks]

Sometimes you need to stretch out the spring a tiny bit. I had to do it to my 3 valve spring. It’s been 20 years and my valves are still good as new.

[fnn]

Thank you so much! I’ve been dealing with sticky valves all marching band season and this really helped!

[mello._.clouds]

Thank you so much! My directors AND my mom (who is a director) kept telling me that it was because of my hand position, but I knew that it was more than that. Thanks!

[warderd]

Bought a trumpet off of a dude online... middle valve was horrible.. your video..saved me! thank you :D

[Santibag]

I just borrowed a baritone. Valve 1 was very sticky. It was terrible. I cleaned it, oiled it, but it didn't work. But I had also messed with the oil of the other valves. And I noticed that the oil was making them more sticky.

That's when I noticed that too much oil is a thing. At least with the bicycle chain oil I used. It's a thin oil, but probably not very thin.

I took the valves out, and cleaned only the valves, and left the residual oil in the cylinders. I cannot remove all the oil from the cylinder by cleaning only the valve, so there will be very little oil left in the cylinder. As long as there's some oil, it should be fine. Because the contact area is very wide, the parts are not under very high contact forces, and the parts are very smooth. This means, any little oil there will be trapped between parts, and parts may have almost no chance of rubbing each other. On the other hand, oils have very high cohesion and reasonably high adhesion. So, if there's too much oil, it acts like a weak glue.

My 3rd valve was great. I messed up that one. Then, fixed all of them. When I played it, I had no problems at all 😍

BTW, I noticed that springs of valve 1 and 2 were shorter than valve 3. The wire thicknesses were the same. So I stretched the short springs just enough to make them approximately the same lenght as valve 3 spring. It was not a huge change for springs, so I don't expect them to get weak because of that. But this change makes them slightly stronger.

[dillasdonuts]

Thank you very much!! I can’t get the middle one out though!

[Geferulf_TAS]

Thanks a ton! Fixed my problem in 2 minutes!

[masonfriendlycivilian]

PMG THANK YOU I HAVE A SOLO IN A FEW HOURS AND MY VALVE IS NO LONGER STUCK THANK YOU!

[elvierson]

OMG, TYSM! I FINALL FIXED IT MY BAND TEACHER WOULD HAVE BEEN SO MAD AT ME 😅

[UCLShorts]

you are the best trumpet guy helper ever bro

[thedugoutupdate]

I am new to trumpet so thank you for helping me so much

[maryflanagan]

Just got my kids valve to move. Thank you!

[dcentral]

Trumpet valves that have tight tolerances become sticky when lint from rags builds up. Wash the pistons and air dry them without using rags or microfiber cloth.

[condorgr]

i'm a fan i admire ur work. love the me tarzan u jane song. keep rocking

[Tocky]

This works well got my valve unstuck after being stuck for mounths.

[Shadow-nuqz]

Wow! Thank you so much my middle valve is finally working again!

[Kriswixx]

I got one used first one and it was sticky because the bottom part was dented by the twisties, so i put some dowel broom wood inside and worked it well enough to not stick. now to learn to play. Day too mutzin about with it, I def want a mute I like the sound

[imaflyingoreogaming]

Why does the 3rd valve always get stuck

[jupiterjones]

You're incredible! Thanks for the help.