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Quick fix for broken linkage
Posted: Sat Feb 17, 2007 10:48 pm
by MartyNeilan
Well, around Christmas time I had my F tuba clocksprings replaced by a pro and that horn has since been trouble free.
Earlier today the threaded linkage on my big MW rotary horn snapped where the ball joint end screws into the rod. I don't want to be without the horn for more than a day or two, but I don't want to try and torch solder it myself because I don't want to screw up the ball joint or pivot on the other side. Is this something I can mend temporarily myself with JB weld or another similar product? (No crazy glue.) Or should I just drop my horn off at the pros and use my little F in concert band for a few weeks?
Posted: Sat Feb 17, 2007 11:45 pm
by Dan Schultz
You might find parts at a area hobby shop that carries items for radio-control airplanes of cars that will carry you through until you can get to a professional repairman.
Posted: Sat Feb 17, 2007 11:52 pm
by Dan Schultz
bloke wrote:TubaTinker wrote:You might find parts at a area hobby shop that carries items for radio-control airplanes of cars that will carry you through until you can get to a professional repairman.
Heck Dan...
If done well, I would consider that more of a "permanent fix".
Yep!
Posted: Sun Feb 18, 2007 11:37 am
by windshieldbug
Find a good-looking assistant to manually activate the valve whenever required.
(alternately, a good pinch when needed might "surprise" the appropriate action... )
Posted: Sun Feb 18, 2007 6:31 pm
by Kevin Hendrick
Doc wrote:UAtuba06 wrote:Just make sure you get the right size thread.
How about
this?
Now
that's a thread!
Posted: Sun Feb 18, 2007 6:54 pm
by windshieldbug
Kevin Hendrick wrote:Doc wrote:UAtuba06 wrote:Just make sure you get the right size thread.
How about
this?
Now
that's a thread!
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Posted: Mon Feb 19, 2007 1:33 pm
by MartyNeilan
I dropped it off at Harley's in Nashville. They said they will have to thread a new rod, and that it probably couldn't be soft soldered or brazed. I have been told that a previous owner had this valve locked down to make the horn a pseudo BBb. The metal probably became stressed over time and just decided to finally give in while in my ownership.
Posted: Mon Feb 19, 2007 4:36 pm
by Carroll
MartyNeilan wrote:I dropped it off at Harley's in Nashville.
We like Harley... a lot. Everything he has ever done for me was quick, clean and resonable (maybe even cheap.)