This document is a thesis submitted by Martín Ness and Helene F. Skage to Stord/Haugesund University College addressing gasket and bearing failure in a TBV96S valve owned by Valves of Norway. The thesis involves selecting new gasket and bearing materials, designing a mount for the valve, and analyzing stresses on components. Calculations and finite element analysis were performed to optimize the design. A PEEK gasket and FEROGLIDE bearings were selected, and a lever-actuated mount was designed, modeled, and stress analyzed to address the failures in the TBV96S valve.