Knacked ?

[AgedIdiot]

Building my first loop and have hit one or two problems with the gpu block and I wonder if I have managed to break it before running at all

The block is an EK FC7950 Copper/Acetel .

I had a few issues with stand offs which slowed me down but these were resolved BUT I think I have now a problem that is not so easily resolved - the barb and the plug to the copper block are good BUT I cannot tighten ,fully, either the Barb or the plug to the Acetel (black plastic) side.

I put it together a few days ago ; to hit the stand off problem - I decided to dismantle when it became clear that it was going to be a few days before I could progress and noticed when dismantling that the plug was not flat and that a part of the screw hole plastic(acetel?) was attached to the screw(plug) thread - I had managed to screw the plug in at a slight angle .

Have found now that it will not tighten and lock -it appears to tighten up but then , at the end , simply goes round and round - stiff yes but locking no....

I have been pondering wether I should even try it (I have not yet completed the loop , added the water and run it) for fear of the damn thing leaking- what do others think?

Is this normal? (the barb that I fiited to the Acetel side which I did not cross thread will not lock tight either ).- is it the case that the Acetel side never allows tightening to a stop?

Should I go for a copper alone (no acetel) block ?

 

[AgedIdiot]

Took it apart again this morning - def. broken - have crossthreaded the plug holeo) into the acetel and now have bits of acetel thread hanging + the plug will not tighten (getting loser as I try to tighten).

Will give it a go with EK but it looks as though I just 'blew' £70+

I will persevere but watercooling the gpu does not appear to have been a good idea - neither does the idea of using metal screws (with a minimal depth of thread) to screw into softish plastic appear brilliant either !

 

[AgedIdiot]

How short are the screws? Just an idea but if there is intact thread towards the bottom of it buy some longer fittings and see if that works?

3mm approx and no intact thread
If they're compressions you could just swap over the compression bit and it wont ruin ascetics

N/A
last idea bit of locktight?

Did consider this but do not want to take the risk of it breaking and having to replace gpu, motherboard et al
I managed to strip the thread in my ek supremacy block using xspc compressions ended up tapping it and using some plumping tape to widen the thread a bit. Held tight for over a year now.

 

[AgedIdiot]

They sell the tops separately, so the cost won't be the same as buying a whole new block.

Thanks for that - having checked it does appear that EK do sell the Acetel part - rough cost of 20 Euros , so not bad.

Will look to organise over the next day or so.


My thanks , again , to the forum members generally and the posters on this thread in particular - I was feeling at my own stupidity but now feel quite relieved and - All thanks to you !!