Abstract: In a ball-valve having an apertured rotatable ball and a seal ring contacting the surface of the ball, a radial seal includes a body insert longitudinally movable along a fluid passageway to contact the rear face of the seal ring and a peripheral ring lying partly in an internal annular groove in said passageway and partly in a rebate formed in the seal ring-insert assembly.The body insert is preferably threaded in said passageway.