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Re: Wave Wednesday !
Reply #1020 on: May 30, 2019, 02:03:54 PM
 :iagree: :D

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Re: Wave Wednesday !
Reply #1021 on: July 03, 2019, 08:47:24 AM
As I set here in the early hours of a Wave Wednesday, I find myself with a small issue...

I have long been a fan of the original Wave.  I’m unsure of when I got my first Wave. I think it was ‘98. But in ‘02, I sent it in for repair after a buddy busted the pliers lining up his small block with its mounts.

I still have the replacement they sent and it has been back a few times for repairs. I always request it be returned.

Anyhoo....  a few years ago I bought a second Gen Wave in BO. Had it for about six months and just didn’t like it, so I sold it.

Now last year I realized my OG Wave was getting long in tooth and I didn’t want to expose it to rough work so I picked up another second Gen Wave, in shiny stainless this time.

I have played and played with it. Just tonight I spent over an hour just opening and closing the pliers. Still... even after all that, the pliers are still very tight.

Any tips on loosening them??  None of my other LM tools have this issue. I’ve lubed them up and worked them til the oil seeped out of the pivot. Re-oiled and repeated.  Still very tight.









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Re: Wave Wednesday !
Reply #1022 on: July 03, 2019, 12:24:44 PM
I think gerleatherberman says that when they are tight he will put something in the crimper area underneath the pivot and squeeze pretty hard and says that he has had good results loosening them up like this :think: Hope you can get them sorted, zrxoa :cheers: Let us know if this method works for you :pok: :D


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Re: Wave Wednesday !
Reply #1023 on: July 03, 2019, 03:50:31 PM
Happy WW !



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Re: Wave Wednesday !
Reply #1024 on: July 03, 2019, 03:55:34 PM
Nice pic for WW Steve  :like: :tu:
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Reply #1025 on: July 03, 2019, 03:55:44 PM
As I set here in the early hours of a Wave Wednesday, I find myself with a small issue...

I have long been a fan of the original Wave.  I’m unsure of when I got my first Wave. I think it was ‘98. But in ‘02, I sent it in for repair after a buddy busted the pliers lining up his small block with its mounts.

I still have the replacement they sent and it has been back a few times for repairs. I always request it be returned.

Anyhoo....  a few years ago I bought a second Gen Wave in BO. Had it for about six months and just didn’t like it, so I sold it.

Now last year I realized my OG Wave was getting long in tooth and I didn’t want to expose it to rough work so I picked up another second Gen Wave, in shiny stainless this time.

I have played and played with it. Just tonight I spent over an hour just opening and closing the pliers. Still... even after all that, the pliers are still very tight.

Any tips on loosening them??  None of my other LM tools have this issue. I’ve lubed them up and worked them til the oil seeped out of the pivot. Re-oiled and repeated.  Still very tight.

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There was just a thread about this and I can't find it  :facepalm:

It was using grinding paste or lapping compound in the pivot to loosen tight pliers.


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Re: Wave Wednesday !
Reply #1026 on: July 03, 2019, 03:56:51 PM
Hope you can get it working properly zrxoa1  :tu:
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Re: Wave Wednesday !
Reply #1027 on: July 03, 2019, 03:57:02 PM


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Reply #1028 on: July 03, 2019, 04:19:52 PM
Found the video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5QijMR8LLWM

Might have to try that later. Last night I kept heating the pivot with a little torch, cooking out the gooey lubricant that was in there. Then I’d lay the Wave on a register vent with the AC running, to cool them. Did that cycle several times and wiped a lot of goo from the pivot. I’m out of WD-40 right now. Need to get some.

The pivot has loosened a bit.

Thanks for finding that video, SteveC!!




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Re: Wave Wednesday !
Reply #1029 on: July 04, 2019, 03:59:30 AM
Happy Wave Wednesday people!  :D

"Those who do evil to others:  the killers, the rapists, psychos, sadists.  Will come to know me well.  Frank Castle is dead!  Call me . . . The Punisher."

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Reply #1030 on: July 04, 2019, 12:33:12 PM
Nice pic eTripper  :like: :tu:
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Reply #1031 on: July 04, 2019, 02:50:04 PM
Great pics Steve and eTrip :like:


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Reply #1032 on: July 04, 2019, 09:56:28 PM
Thanks, gents!  :hatsoff:
"Those who do evil to others:  the killers, the rapists, psychos, sadists.  Will come to know me well.  Frank Castle is dead!  Call me . . . The Punisher."

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Once a circus performer, an aerialist who refused the net...
Once a cat burglar, a master among jewel thieves...
And now, a professional bodyguard - primitive, savage, in love with danger."  - T.H.E CAT


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Reply #1033 on: July 10, 2019, 05:20:27 PM
It's WW !    :woohoo:




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Reply #1034 on: July 10, 2019, 05:24:15 PM
Nice pic for WW Steve  :tu: :like:
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Reply #1035 on: July 11, 2019, 12:23:59 AM
+1  :like: :cheers:
"Those who do evil to others:  the killers, the rapists, psychos, sadists.  Will come to know me well.  Frank Castle is dead!  Call me . . . The Punisher."

"Out of the night comes a man who saves lives at the risk of his own:
Once a circus performer, an aerialist who refused the net...
Once a cat burglar, a master among jewel thieves...
And now, a professional bodyguard - primitive, savage, in love with danger."  - T.H.E CAT


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Reply #1036 on: July 11, 2019, 12:26:43 AM
Wave Wednesday always rocks!  8) :D

"Those who do evil to others:  the killers, the rapists, psychos, sadists.  Will come to know me well.  Frank Castle is dead!  Call me . . . The Punisher."

"Out of the night comes a man who saves lives at the risk of his own:
Once a circus performer, an aerialist who refused the net...
Once a cat burglar, a master among jewel thieves...
And now, a professional bodyguard - primitive, savage, in love with danger."  - T.H.E CAT


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Re: Wave Wednesday !
Reply #1037 on: July 11, 2019, 01:12:37 AM
Nice !     :like:


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Wave Wednesday !
Reply #1038 on: July 11, 2019, 01:26:48 AM
Not a pretty shot, but it’s here at work with me now...

Used it at home before work to help replace seals in my Delta shower faucet.



Got some nasty stuff that came out and got all over the shower. I think we need some water filtering at the house. 




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Reply #1039 on: July 11, 2019, 12:33:11 PM
Nice pics for WW eTripper and zrxoa1  :like: :tu:
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Reply #1040 on: July 11, 2019, 12:41:32 PM
Great pics for WW, guys :cheers: :like:


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Reply #1041 on: July 17, 2019, 05:24:36 PM


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Reply #1042 on: July 17, 2019, 05:31:51 PM
Nice pic for WW Steve  :like: :tu:
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Reply #1043 on: July 17, 2019, 11:40:55 PM
Thanks Wim !   :hatsoff:


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Reply #1044 on: July 18, 2019, 01:16:19 AM
Very nice Steve :dd: :like:


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Reply #1045 on: July 18, 2019, 01:27:44 AM
Thanks buddy !   :hatsoff:


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Reply #1046 on: July 18, 2019, 06:28:14 AM
"Those who do evil to others:  the killers, the rapists, psychos, sadists.  Will come to know me well.  Frank Castle is dead!  Call me . . . The Punisher."

"Out of the night comes a man who saves lives at the risk of his own:
Once a circus performer, an aerialist who refused the net...
Once a cat burglar, a master among jewel thieves...
And now, a professional bodyguard - primitive, savage, in love with danger."  - T.H.E CAT


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Reply #1047 on: July 18, 2019, 09:54:31 AM
Great pic for WW eTripper  :tu: :like:
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Reply #1048 on: July 18, 2019, 12:24:13 PM


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Re: Wave Wednesday !
Reply #1049 on: July 24, 2019, 02:56:05 PM
Happy hump day !


WW !     :woohoo:




 

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