Razor Repair

[Kyle Stoner]

Edit:

Big Time update - I fixed it! Here's what I had to do, a spin off on what I did to get it to spin past 5 -

There is this little pin/tab thing, right at the indicator/clicker for the adjustment settings. Technically, its underneath the sleeve/cuff that you actually spin that has the numbers on it. When I was cleaning/drying my razor, I must have depressed the pin and that allowed the adjustment knob to spin past its maximum/minimum. It must be the locking mechanism...anyways it appears as if I spun it way under (or over) and the adjustment was way at the bottom of the threading, causing the razor to basically be longer! So I depressed the exposed pin with my fingernail, spun the adjuster, and spun it some more, until the razor started coming together and I breathed a sigh of relief . Now it works like new again, really hard to adjust and locks well!

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I am having a crisis! I think I may have somehow broken my Super Adjustable.

I was cleaning it out after my shave with a towel...and I noticed that the assembly below the head that has the 4 little pads that do the adjusting was moving up and down freely when the silo doors are open. Then when I closed it, I found it would only spin from 9-5. additionally, it seems as if there is no adjusting happening at all and the 4 pads seem flush with the razor head. I also noticed that when I close the silo doors, it no longer meets with resistance and then keeps tightening to lock - it just stops tightening after meeting risistance and doesnt lock! I am freaking out...

I shot a little video clip to help explain further...it is 22 megabytes, .mov format (all my camera makes)...I don't know really if I can compress it but I will try...I'll edit this post and add it as soon as I get it uploaded...

So can anybody help?

 

[J_P_K]

Hold ALT-DELETE-CTRL ... Wait, that won't work!

Twist to open razor, set adjustment ring to 1, now close razor. I've had this happen too.. Good luck!

 

[Kyle Stoner]

Forgot to update thread...I tried to do that but the adjustment ring won't go past 5. Only spun from 9-5, but then I looked closer and saw a little tab or something, in that little niche where the adjustment indicator/clicker thing is. I noticed that I could press it back into the handle, and I did that and it must have unlocked something because it allowed me to spin it to 1. so now it spins freely from 1-9 but still isnt doing any adjusting, doors still dont' lock securely, and adjustment assembly freely moves up and down when the doors are open. help!

 

[Jim]

Whats the date code on that razor?

 

[Kyle Stoner]

Date Code is R-3 - 1971 I think.

 

[Jim]

Some of the early adjustables had a nut on the bottom thats what I thought might have worked loose. You could try soaking it in baby oil overnight might break free whats stuck.