So,, I picked up a dirt-cheap Gillette "Black Beauty" in pretty nice shape and decided to clean it up.... I just recently got my first adjustable in a PIF from "tgarza",, but I couldn't resist this deal... A Gem Jr,, and "Autostrop",, and the black beauty for $10......
The adjustment knob was stuck,, so I let it soak in the usual aerosol tile soap and some hot water for a while.... Here comes my "don't try this at home" warning to everybody.....
The knob still wouldn't budge after an hour in the sauce,, so I dried it off and held the head while trying to turn the adjustor.... "CLICK...!!!"... there goes the spring.... Awesome.... I just ruined the thing.....
The main body of the razor was spinning when it shouldn't,, and there were gaps in all sorts of places that there shouldn't have been.... I managed to get it tightened to the point of being mostly functional,, minus the detent spring that broke....
Now,, the gap goes from nothing to .1" (it spins 1-9 THREE times...!!!)...
Maybe I'm on to something here... It's now "Super-Hyper-Nitro-Stealth-Mach 17-Fission-Uber-Afterburner-Turbo-Lather Injected-Ultra-Adjustable to the 3rd power........ Call Gillette....
Anyway,,, to those of you that may encounter this problem,,, DO NOT be a ******* and do what I did..... I don't know the best way to fix a stuck adjustor,,, but now I know how NOT to do it (and so do you)........
The adjustment knob was stuck,, so I let it soak in the usual aerosol tile soap and some hot water for a while.... Here comes my "don't try this at home" warning to everybody.....
The knob still wouldn't budge after an hour in the sauce,, so I dried it off and held the head while trying to turn the adjustor.... "CLICK...!!!"... there goes the spring.... Awesome.... I just ruined the thing.....
The main body of the razor was spinning when it shouldn't,, and there were gaps in all sorts of places that there shouldn't have been.... I managed to get it tightened to the point of being mostly functional,, minus the detent spring that broke....
Now,, the gap goes from nothing to .1" (it spins 1-9 THREE times...!!!)...
Maybe I'm on to something here... It's now "Super-Hyper-Nitro-Stealth-Mach 17-Fission-Uber-Afterburner-Turbo-Lather Injected-Ultra-Adjustable to the 3rd power........ Call Gillette....
Anyway,,, to those of you that may encounter this problem,,, DO NOT be a ******* and do what I did..... I don't know the best way to fix a stuck adjustor,,, but now I know how NOT to do it (and so do you)........
