Stop Arm Screws
- DoubtFire61
- Posts: 3
- Joined: Apr 07, 2022
OK...I'm sure I'm not the only one with this problem.
How to you keep Stop Arm Screw's from loosening on Edwards Axial Valves?
Stop welding seems a little too permanent!
Other thoughts:
Inside tooth lock washer?
Nylon washer?
Rubber/neoprene washer?
How to you keep Stop Arm Screw's from loosening on Edwards Axial Valves?
Stop welding seems a little too permanent!
Other thoughts:
Inside tooth lock washer?
Nylon washer?
Rubber/neoprene washer?
- elmsandr
- Posts: 1373
- Joined: Mar 23, 2018
Too much work.
Put a drop of clear nail polish on the outside of the screw and stop arm. I assume you mean the screw that holds the stop arm to the spindle?
Quite frankly, mine never came loose in the 8+ years I was playing it. And my Ed Thayer valves actually currently have an Edwards screw holding one of them on... because I had it handy when putting it back together one day and never swapped it back.
Cheers,
Andy
Put a drop of clear nail polish on the outside of the screw and stop arm. I assume you mean the screw that holds the stop arm to the spindle?
Quite frankly, mine never came loose in the 8+ years I was playing it. And my Ed Thayer valves actually currently have an Edwards screw holding one of them on... because I had it handy when putting it back together one day and never swapped it back.
Cheers,
Andy
- DoubtFire61
- Posts: 3
- Joined: Apr 07, 2022
Thanks for the idea.
I tried it, it lasted about a day.
Oddly, it is only the F spindle doing this.
New screws from Edwards arrive today.
I tried it, it lasted about a day.
Oddly, it is only the F spindle doing this.
New screws from Edwards arrive today.
- ssking2b
- Posts: 487
- Joined: Sep 29, 2018
You can also try the Lock Tite stuff Get the lightest version from Amazon. It works well!
- Crazy4Tbone86
- Posts: 1654
- Joined: Jan 14, 2020
I would try a small piece of plumber’s tape or a small piece of a toothpick. I have even used a small sliver of paper to shim a slightly loose screw. It doesn’t take much to make those threads grip firmly.