Bulb bracket wont stay in position
Mar 11, 2021 22:01:49 #
User ID wrote:
Use a fiber washer for friction. Lock washers mainly resist CCW slippage (unless you put one on both faces). Anywho a fiber washer is thinner.
Yes will try that. Thanks
Mar 12, 2021 07:16:03 #
I think you are going in the right direction. If the only thing that enables the angle of the light try another bolt assy. See if you could find a wing nut set up.Mar 12, 2021 08:19:12 #
pego101 wrote:
The bulb weight 2 lbs but no matter how much I tighten the screw the light slowly shifts down.
I have thought about grinding the surfaces with a dremel but maybe there is something better I never thought of.
I have thought about grinding the surfaces with a dremel but maybe there is something better I never thought of.
That first photo shows what looks like a capnut on the hinge. If the bolt that threads into this capnut is too long and bottoms out, then no amount of extra tightening will help. Try a regular nut.
Marshall
Mar 12, 2021 08:26:12 #
bluezzzzz wrote:
That first photo shows what looks like a capnut on the hinge. If the bolt that threads into this capnut is too long and bottoms out, then no amount of extra tightening will help. Try a regular nut.
Marshall
Marshall
Or just use a thicker washer under the current nut, so it doesn’t bottom out inside the cap. The outer washer is not part of the friction system.
Mar 12, 2021 08:38:25 #
Not a major engineering issue. Go to the hardware store and buy a longer machine screw, a couple of star-washers and a wing nut. The ridges on the star washers will grab the smooth surface and give you more traction. The wing nut will be easier to tighten sufficiently. If there is insufficient space to accommodate the star washers, use your Dremel tool or a flat-file to expand the available space. These are not expensive parts.
Mar 12, 2021 08:44:47 #
pego101 wrote:
The bulb weight 2 lbs but no matter how much I tighten the screw the light slowly shifts down.
I have thought about grinding the surfaces with a dremel but maybe there is something better I never thought of.
I have thought about grinding the surfaces with a dremel but maybe there is something better I never thought of.
Looks like plastic, and to smooth. You won't get it tight enough without possibly breaking it. Most adjustable things have two sides that have ridges that interlock. This has none.
Mar 12, 2021 08:45:28 #
bluezzzzz wrote:
That first photo shows what looks like a capnut on the hinge. If the bolt that threads into this capnut is too long and bottoms out, then no amount of extra tightening will help. Try a regular nut.
Marshall
Marshall
Bolt bottoming out in the cap nut before tightness is achieved will definitely do it.
Mar 12, 2021 08:55:54 #
Mar 12, 2021 08:58:27 #
Yet another McIver approach.
Fill the fork-shaped part with washers to create a spacer, then use my other suggestions but attach the upper bracket on the outside of the fork.
Fill the fork-shaped part with washers to create a spacer, then use my other suggestions but attach the upper bracket on the outside of the fork.
Mar 12, 2021 09:25:53 #
bluezzzzz wrote:
That first photo shows what looks like a capnut on the hinge. If the bolt that threads into this capnut is too long and bottoms out, then no amount of extra tightening will help. Try a regular nut.
Marshall
Marshall
Originally had a finger turn nut same problem cap nut not bottoming changed to that so I can tighten with spin tigh wrench.
Mar 12, 2021 09:36:32 #
pego101 wrote:
Originally had a finger turn nut same problem cap nut not bottoming changed to that so I can tighten with spin tigh wrench.
Commas please, not following.
Mar 12, 2021 12:36:46 #
pego101 wrote:
I'm gonna try grinding down one side and try a lock washer
First I'd replace the cap nut with a wing nut or regular nut.
Once the cap nut bottoms out, no amount of additional tightening will do anything,
except maybe push the bolt through the cap nut (seen that happen with a cheap cap nut).
If that happens, then you'll be able to tighten it more.
Mar 12, 2021 12:50:18 #
Take some fine sandpaper and fold it so the rough side is out. Put it between the tilting slot and the bulb holder the tighten. Hope it helps.
WJH
WJH
Mar 12, 2021 13:07:07 #
You might try cutting a small ring of 50 or 80 grit sand-paper and sandwiching it between the two opposing surfaces and that should slow or stop the migration most definitely and wouldn't cost much and is totally reversible. Good luck. 
Mar 12, 2021 15:06:46 #
User ID wrote:
Your not assuming Hogsters read the thread, are you ? My money says six pages worth of “add washers”.
BTW, just wondering, how do you store your memory cards ?
BTW, just wondering, how do you store your memory cards ?
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