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Just now, SteamyTea said:

So you can get a spanner on it.

Short one first, then the long one.

Spanner.

I did wonder that . Because the supplied ones were the same making spanner access tricky . 
You dirty wrench 

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Shouldn't need a spanner. Finger tight. 

 

Only need a spanner for the long nut on the bolt that comes down. 

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Posted
12 minutes ago, SteamyTea said:

And with Newlyn as a backdrop.

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You don’t have hands then ?

I know you are from Cornwall- so just claws yeah ? . (expletive deleted)ing inbreed !!

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Jesus. There's a special place in hell for you lot :D

Just over hand tight, and don't go mad. It's the rubber seal that stops water leaking, the threads just keep the rubber seal where it needs to be. And, deep breath, a bit of lube will stop the rubber getting FUBAR'd. 

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Posted (edited)
14 minutes ago, Nickfromwales said:

Jesus. There's a special place in hell for you lot :D

Just over hand tight, and don't go mad. It's the rubber seal that stops water leaking, the threads just keep the rubber seal where it needs to be. And, deep breath, a bit of lube will stop the rubber getting FUBAR'd. 

But look at @SteamyTea ‘s claw .

Cornish evolution about 10 million years behind the rest of us . I asked my mate ‘ elephant man Eddie ‘ his exact response was ( ignoring the slurring and spitting ) “ What (expletive deleted) rong wiv Im - de generate , fossilised, extinct , Clotted cream loving Cornish slur on human evolution “ .

That’s not easy for Eddie to say !! ( or type ) 

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Posted (edited)
8 minutes ago, pocster said:

Clotted cream loving Cornish slur on human evolution

But I am West Indian, 6' 2", and very strong.

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Posted
Just now, SteamyTea said:

But I am west Indian, 6' 2", and very strong.

No ! You are a Cornish clot . 5ft nothing from lands end (more like worlds end ) 

Posted
1 hour ago, Nickfromwales said:

Just over hand tight, and don't go mad. It's the rubber seal that stops water leaking, the threads just keep the rubber seal where it needs to be. And, deep breath, a bit of lube will stop the rubber getting FUBAR'd. 

 

Good to hear this, I went down a rabbit hole yesterday with a kitchen tap, absolutely impossible to get to tighten the flexi-tails with a spanner, even with the tap stripped to its barest form on the bench, the flats were in-accessible, after some head scratching and rationalisation I came to the conclusion the O-ring would seal whatever the applied force and reasoned hand tightening would be good enough. Good to have it clarified though.

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1 hour ago, JFDIY said:

 

Good to hear this, I went down a rabbit hole yesterday with a kitchen tap, absolutely impossible to get to tighten the flexi-tails with a spanner, even with the tap stripped to its barest form on the bench, the flats were in-accessible, after some head scratching and rationalisation I came to the conclusion the O-ring would seal whatever the applied force and reasoned hand tightening would be good enough. Good to have it clarified though.

Yup. That’s why they have very fine pitched threads, so lots of bite for very little torque.

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