Used a fair few tubes trying to stop water getting in my ldv convoy windscreen. A loosing battle but definetly helped. Good stuff.I'd be looking at something like Sikaflex (yes I know I recommend it a lot but that's because it's good stuff)
I've destroyed stuff in the past trying to get it unstuck when Sikaflex has been used.
I have lots of niggles like these. Wish I had the time to pursue them all but half the time I chalk it up to experience and sort it myself or bin it.
Would a polyeurophane glue (expanding variety) work. Not sure how well they bond plastics? Would expand and fill the threads.
Aye but in this instance it should be fine. Will lock the two threads together well. Its a minimal gap and in situations like that the foam will be dense as it doesn't have room to keep expanding out. . I can believe the study when trying to fill 4mm voids ect however standard wood glue is pants for gap filling. Better off mixing it with sawdust into a paste to fill gaps.The only problem with expanding glue (gorilla brand) is the foam is week as it's full of air.
I found an experiment online of that verses standard wood glue. When it came to gap filling the standard was better.
To overcome this they had wrapped masking tape around the threaded end to make it a snug fit
Yeah, not afraid of gettin me 'ands mucky and doing a bit of bodging pal, just don't like being ripped off!!LOL, C'mon Jack, thats normal stuff for Jack and Tommy Atkins, bet you never did that , but to be fair, that was at sea/ABI (Air Borne Initiative) when things busted, you are right to expect better- I bet you could jury rig it or sort it, but, I don't see why you should, and if you do, you should bill em for the fix.
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Yeah they do, it was an option I'm keeping in my pocket in case the direct contact route fails.Just a thought, do these window blind people have a Face Book presence?
Reason I ask; I had a problem with a pair of 'unbreakable' titanium framed varifocal glasses from Specsavers, not cheap and not unbreakable either. They fell apart at a fusion welded joint on the bridge when they were being folded into their case.
Local branch not at all interested; "parts will be unavailable now", "that model was discontinued" (although strangely the same ones were still on display in the shop). Went to their FB page, posted a complaint with photo of failed frame.
Within twenty minutes I'd had a response and asked to take the glasses into the branch - within the week, eye test to check prescription hadn't changed and new glasses. I posted my thanks for their service.
Like everybody else here faced with a problem similar to yours, I'd be right ****** off, frustrated at not being able to sort it and end up repairing it myself.
Yeah the repair isn't really the problem, I'm just a little narked by the guys attitude, plus the fact that if you buy something new you want it to be "right" - the amount it costs is next to nothing in real terms (£30 ish iirc).I have to say that I'd just fix it myself - it would in part justify the enormous expenditure on tools and 'bits' I keep here - and it would give me the smug self satisfied feeling of 'fixing something' better than the person I'd already paid to do the job in the first place :-/
Yeah the repair isn't really the problem, I'm just a little narked by the guys attitude, plus the fact that if you buy something new you want it to be "right" - the amount it costs is next to nothing in real terms (£30 ish iirc).
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Totally agree with you, unfortunately often the modern attitude seems to be "sod you I don't care now I've got your money".Yeah the repair isn't really the problem, I'm just a little narked by the guys attitude, plus the fact that if you buy something new you want it to be "right" - the amount it costs is next to nothing in real terms (£30 ish iirc).
If I don't get an answer I'm happy with then it'll be a crappy (but honest) review on his Facebook page and (grudgingly) repair it myself.
What was the outcome though??I find in circumstances like these it is necessary to baffle the company with engineering or science to prove to the idiots in complaints you know what you're talking about. They always back down.
I once had a problem with badly made hubs for my kit car. I spoke to the supplier showing pics of it on my lathe with dial gauge showing run out. The supplier said I obviously know more about the product than he does!
What was the outcome though??
A result indeed, not only has he sorted out the mistake, he's made you happy enough that you're posting about it on the internet and giving him good publicity. All for the sake of a £20 credit and a bit of pipe. That's a smart manager, sure it's cost the company a few quid but it'll gain them more than that in future sales.he said keep the 2 lenghts of 15mm pipe have the missing 22mm pipes and credited our account for £20!
Result!