Rick Gates Posted February 17, 2021 Share Posted February 17, 2021 On a recent shoot, I had some rookies putting away the C-stands. These are Avenger stands with the separable turtle base. I did see some of the stands carried off without separating the base first. For some reason, the inner sleeve in the base got turned so that the hole in the sleeve rotated, and now I can no longer screw through it to secure the riser (see photo). My questions are: 1. Has this happened to anybody before? 2. How do you fix it? I've tried using a deep socket to loosen the screw at the bottom of the junior receiver, but I think I'm just loosening a spring that is likely to pop out. Thanks all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gregg MacPherson Posted February 17, 2021 Share Posted February 17, 2021 Can't you just slightly loosen the cap screws clamping the two halves of the casting together, rotate the sleeve to align the hole with a piece of rod, then debur if needed with a precision file..? Did I miss something. Good luck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Gates Posted February 18, 2021 Author Share Posted February 18, 2021 First terror, then success. I took Gregg's advice and the two halves of the casting fell onto my workbench! But that exposed the top third of the sleeve, so I used a pipe wrench to rotate it into place, screwed the casting back in place and viola! Good as new. Thanks Gregg! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doyle Smith Posted March 3, 2021 Share Posted March 3, 2021 (edited) Did you loosen the the lower castings before you rotated the sleeve? A piece of rod (as Gregg suggested) or a drift might have given you the same result without burring the sleeve. Edited March 3, 2021 by Doyle Smith Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Gates Posted March 3, 2021 Author Share Posted March 3, 2021 Good point Doyle, since it's turned out I'm still having the same problem. I"ll try that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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