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Seized Grub Screw
Hi Guys
I have a bathroom fitting made by Miller. It is like a hoop that takes a glass soap dispenser. Anyhow the hoop fitting slides onto a wall mounted spigot and is secured by a grub screw. Trouble is the mounting spigot has snapped and I am struggling to remove the grub screw that fixes the hoop to that spigot. Guessing that the hoop body into which the grub screw is fitted is chromed mild steel. Not sure what the grub screw itself is made of. The grub screw seems to be seized in the thread as the spigot that it retains is loose. I have put enough welly onto the Allen key to permanently twist the key with no movement of the grub screw. How do I free the grub screw? Thanks Phil -- ----Android NewsGroup Reader---- http://usenet.sinaapp.com/ |
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On 07/03/2020 21:51, thescullster wrote:
Hi Guys I have a bathroom fitting made by Miller. It is like a hoop that takes a glass soap dispenser. Anyhow the hoop fitting slides onto a wall mounted spigot and is secured by a grub screw. Trouble is the mounting spigot has snapped and I am struggling to remove the grub screw that fixes the hoop to that spigot. Guessing that the hoop body into which the grub screw is fitted is chromed mild steel. Not sure what the grub screw itself is made of. The grub screw seems to be seized in the thread as the spigot that it retains is loose. I have put enough welly onto the Allen key to permanently twist the key with no movement of the grub screw. How do I free the grub screw? Thanks Phil The usual approach is heat, drill or easy-out. I suspect it's far too small for the last one so you're left with the first two, although the grub screw is probably hardened so drilling may not be easy, and you are unlikely to want to use a torch on it. I think I'd try leaving it in boiling water for a while and then using a left-handed drill. |
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On Sat, 7 Mar 2020 21:51:46 +0000 (GMT+00:00), thescullster wrote:
The grub screw seems to be seized in the thread as the spigot that it retains is loose. I have put enough welly onto the Allen key to permanently twist the key with no movement of the grub screw. How do I free the grub screw? Squirt of plus gas or a drop of diesel on the grub screw and left for a day? -- Cheers Dave. |
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Can one not just remove the whole fitting and put up another one complete?
Its often less annoying. Brian -- ----- -- This newsgroup posting comes to you directly from... The Sofa of Brian Gaff... Blind user, so no pictures please Note this Signature is meaningless.! wrote in message ... On 07/03/2020 21:51, thescullster wrote: Hi Guys I have a bathroom fitting made by Miller. It is like a hoop that takes a glass soap dispenser. Anyhow the hoop fitting slides onto a wall mounted spigot and is secured by a grub screw. Trouble is the mounting spigot has snapped and I am struggling to remove the grub screw that fixes the hoop to that spigot. Guessing that the hoop body into which the grub screw is fitted is chromed mild steel. Not sure what the grub screw itself is made of. The grub screw seems to be seized in the thread as the spigot that it retains is loose. I have put enough welly onto the Allen key to permanently twist the key with no movement of the grub screw. How do I free the grub screw? Thanks Phil The usual approach is heat, drill or easy-out. I suspect it's far too small for the last one so you're left with the first two, although the grub screw is probably hardened so drilling may not be easy, and you are unlikely to want to use a torch on it. I think I'd try leaving it in boiling water for a while and then using a left-handed drill. |
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On Saturday, 7 March 2020 21:51:50 UTC, thescullster wrote:
Hi Guys I have a bathroom fitting made by Miller. It is like a hoop that takes a glass soap dispenser. Anyhow the hoop fitting slides onto a wall mounted spigot and is secured by a grub screw. Trouble is the mounting spigot has snapped and I am struggling to remove the grub screw that fixes the hoop to that spigot. Guessing that the hoop body into which the grub screw is fitted is chromed mild steel. Not sure what the grub screw itself is made of. The grub screw seems to be seized in the thread as the spigot that it retains is loose. I have put enough welly onto the Allen key to permanently twist the key with no movement of the grub screw. How do I free the grub screw? The application of heat and wd40. (Blowlamp.) |
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On 07/03/2020 23:38, Dave Liquorice wrote:
On Sat, 7 Mar 2020 21:51:46 +0000 (GMT+00:00), thescullster wrote: The grub screw seems to be seized in the thread as the spigot that it retains is loose. I have put enough welly onto the Allen key to permanently twist the key with no movement of the grub screw. How do I free the grub screw? Squirt of plus gas or a drop of diesel on the grub screw and left for a day? in a bathroom try some strong de scaler too. -- Climate Change: Socialism wearing a lab coat. |
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"Brian Gaff \(Sofa 2\)" Wrote in message:
Can one not just remove the whole fitting and put up another one complete? Its often less annoying. Brian-- ----- -- This newsgroup posting comes to you directly from...The Sofa of Brian user, so no pictures pleaseNote this Signature is wrote in message ... On 07/03/2020 21:51, thescullster wrote: Hi Guys I have a bathroom fitting made by Miller. It is like a hoop that takes a glass soap dispenser. Anyhow the hoop fitting slides onto a wall mounted spigot and is secured by a grub screw. Trouble is the mounting spigot has snapped and I am struggling to remove the grub screw that fixes the hoop to that spigot. Guessing that the hoop body into which the grub screw is fitted is chromed mild steel. Not sure what the grub screw itself is made of. The grub screw seems to be seized in the thread as the spigot that it retains is loose. I have put enough welly onto the Allen key to permanently twist the key with no movement of the grub screw. How do I free the grub screw? Thanks Phil The usual approach is heat, drill or easy-out. I suspect it's far too small for the last one so you're left with the first two, although the grub screw is probably hardened so drilling may not be easy, and you are unlikely to want to use a torch on it. I think I'd try leaving it in boiling water for a while and then using a left-handed drill. Of course that is an option, but I don't like to replace an expensive fitting on account of a stubborn grub screw. Phil -- ----Android NewsGroup Reader---- http://usenet.sinaapp.com/ |
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harry Wrote in message:
On Saturday, 7 March 2020 21:51:50 UTC, thescullster wrote: Hi Guys I have a bathroom fitting made by Miller. It is like a hoop that takes a glass soap dispenser. Anyhow the hoop fitting slides onto a wall mounted spigot and is secured by a grub screw. Trouble is the mounting spigot has snapped and I am struggling to remove the grub screw that fixes the hoop to that spigot. Guessing that the hoop body into which the grub screw is fitted is chromed mild steel. Not sure what the grub screw itself is made of. The grub screw seems to be seized in the thread as the spigot that it retains is loose. I have put enough welly onto the Allen key to permanently twist the key with no movement of the grub screw. How do I free the grub screw?The application of heat and wd40.(Blowlamp.) Think that's my likely next step. Phil -- ----Android NewsGroup Reader---- http://usenet.sinaapp.com/ |
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On 07/03/2020 23:32, thescullster wrote:
Wrote in message: On 07/03/2020 21:51, thescullster wrote: Hi Guys I have a bathroom fitting made by Miller. It is like a hoop that takes a glass soap dispenser. Anyhow the hoop fitting slides onto a wall mounted spigot and is secured by a grub screw. Trouble is the mounting spigot has snapped and I am struggling to remove the grub screw that fixes the hoop to that spigot. Guessing that the hoop body into which the grub screw is fitted is chromed mild steel. Not sure what the grub screw itself is made of. The grub screw seems to be seized in the thread as the spigot that it retains is loose. I have put enough welly onto the Allen key to permanently twist the key with no movement of the grub screw. How do I free the grub screw? Thanks Phil The usual approach is heat, drill or easy-out. I suspect it's far too small for the last one so you're left with the first two, although the grub screw is probably hardened so drilling may not be easy, and you are unlikely to want to use a torch on it.I think I'd try leaving it in boiling water for a while and then using a left-handed drill. Any chance WD40 would help as a penetrating oil? It might help, but Plus Gas would be better. TBH I suspect that once you start with a left-handed drill the screw will spin-out easily. |
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On 08/03/2020 06:42, Thomas Prufer wrote:
On Sat, 7 Mar 2020 22:45:16 +0000, wrote: The usual approach is heat, drill or easy-out. I suspect it's far too small for the last one so you're left with the first two, although the grub screw is probably hardened so drilling may not be easy, and you are unlikely to want to use a torch on it. I think I'd try leaving it in boiling water for a while and then using a left-handed drill. Soldering iron to heat the screw first. Thomas Prufer Maybe, but that's going to expand the screw and it's the fitting that needs to expand. I guess it might be looser once everything has cooled. |
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thescullster Wrote in message:
"Brian Gaff \(Sofa 2\)" Wrote in message: Can one not just remove the whole fitting and put up another one complete? Its often less annoying. Brian-- ----- -- This newsgroup posting comes to you directly from...The Sofa of Brian user, so no pictures pleaseNote this Signature is wrote in message ... On 07/03/2020 21:51, thescullster wrote: Hi Guys I have a bathroom fitting made by Miller. It is like a hoop that takes a glass soap dispenser. Anyhow the hoop fitting slides onto a wall mounted spigot and is secured by a grub screw. Trouble is the mounting spigot has snapped and I am struggling to remove the grub screw that fixes the hoop to that spigot. Guessing that the hoop body into which the grub screw is fitted is chromed mild steel. Not sure what the grub screw itself is made of. The grub screw seems to be seized in the thread as the spigot that it retains is loose. I have put enough welly onto the Allen key to permanently twist the key with no movement of the grub screw. How do I free the grub screw? Thanks Phil The usual approach is heat, drill or easy-out. I suspect it's far too small for the last one so you're left with the first two, although the grub screw is probably hardened so drilling may not be easy, and you are unlikely to want to use a torch on it. I think I'd try leaving it in boiling water for a while and then using a left-handed drill. Of course that is an option, but I don't like to replace an expensive fitting on account of a stubborn grub screw. Phil How expensive? -- Jimk ----Android NewsGroup Reader---- http://usenet.sinaapp.com/ |
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