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Delvis

Delvis

Delvis

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Hi OcUK,

So I recently purchased a Kettler garden dining table set, upon screwing one of the bolts up it broke and I now have the bolt and thread on my table, it also happened to the one next to it.

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So, can this be fixed? You basically have an under frame that is screwed to the top, this frame had the 'nut' thread on it, you screw through the leg into this, resulting in the above fiasco.

Option 1: Something like this: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00D8NB6OA/ref=cm_sw_r_wa_api_glt_fabc_M2TVVZFY787X9GFPG0G8

Option 2: One friend said use a rivnut, but it looks way too shallow to use that...?

Option 3: If the top comes off counter sink the hole and use a counter sunk bolt...Again, not sure how that would work....?

Option 4: Some other special thing.

So I can either try and fix it and get a partial refund of some description, or return it for a full refund and have no table and chairs for the next year as everything else like this is too expensive.
 
What does it do, it's really hard to see from the images. Does it screw into something, to compress them, creating a fixing? Is it the legs. Is there space to drill through and use a bolt and nut?
 
Begbie said:
What does it do, it's really hard to see from the images. Does it screw into something, to compress them, creating a fixing? Is it the legs. Is there space to drill through and use a bolt and nut?
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Another pic:
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So there's a thread on that rectangle frame, a bolt is then placed through the leg (circled area) over said thread as it sits above the frame, you then screw the bolt into it. :(

The frame sits flush to the table top, so not sure if I could place something under that to be honest...
 
Delvis said:
ePoxy, so like what I linked to or another specific product?
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Any really

I would mix it up, put some under the leg (where leg meets table top) and try to epoxy the "bolt bit" back in place as well
YOu would want to put the table top on the ground and weight the legs down towards it a bit to keep it nice and tight as it cures
 
Mercenary Keyboard Warrior said:
Any really

I would mix it up, put some under the leg (where leg meets table top) and try to epoxy the "bolt bit" back in place as well
YOu would want to put the table top on the ground and weight the legs down towards it a bit to keep it nice and tight as it cures
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Yeah. I mean I would rather just do the bolt bit, let it cure then screw the leg back into the bolt...If that makes sense.

Its this (depends on the partial refund I may get) or I get a full refund. Such a PITA :(
 
Delvis said:
Yeah. I mean I would rather just do the bolt bit, let it cure then screw the leg back into the bolt...If that makes sense.

Its this (depends on the partial refund I may get) or I get a full refund. Such a PITA :(
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Yeah it may work, depends how hard you need to have the bolts done up in order to make it firm
Worst case just epoxy them all, unless you plan to take it to bits
 
Mercenary Keyboard Warrior said:
Yeah it may work, depends how hard you need to have the bolts done up in order to make it firm
Worst case just epoxy them all, unless you plan to take it to bits
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Just 'done up' really, its not like we'll be moving it every week once the patios is down.

alexakasloth said:
Yes like that or araldite or you can even get it in the DIY section at Poundland.
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True enough, thanks.
 
Delvis said:
So there's a thread on that rectangle frame, a bolt is then placed through the leg (circled area) over said thread as it sits above the frame, you then screw the bolt into it. :(
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even with the picture its hard to understand
- the bolt has a sleave on it ? otherwise how does the washer come off
- did it break where the thread starts
- what does an unbroken bolt look like

I'd try and extract the bolt , by dremelling a groove into broken off embedded section, but, if you know you did it up very tight then that may not work,


I've had some kettler exercise equipment that was well made (in germany i thought)
 
jpaul said:
even with the picture its hard to understand
- the bolt has a sleave on it ? otherwise how does the washer come off
- did it break where the thread starts
- what does an unbroken bolt look like

I'd try and extract the bolt , by dremelling a groove into broken off embedded section, but, if you know you did it up very tight then that may not work,


I've had some kettler exercise equipment that was well made (in germany i thought)
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The sleeve is what the bolt screws into, the part under the washer is the top of the 'thread' that the bolt goes into. The serated bit of the sleeve at the bottom is where it has snapped off of the table frame.

This might explain it better
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So its that 'thread' on the table frame you can currently see attached to the bolt.

What I may end up doing is removing the frame attached to the top, then countersink a bolt through and attach the leg that way.
 
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so, it's possible if the bolt it too deep into the thread it pushes into the table frame, and that causes the 'thread' to break off.
eg. if the bolt were too long, or the washer not thick enough
 
jpaul said:
so, it's possible if the bolt it too deep into the thread it pushes into the table frame, and that causes the 'thread' to break off.
eg. if the bolt were too long, or the washer not thick enough
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Guess so, but it doesn't go through, it just popped off when hand tightening as per their instructions.
 
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