Waste of time? Repair knobs/set screw

[Beedoola]

I ordered some of those Davies clones from bitcheslovemyswitches and pretty much all of them failed; the screws won't stay tight. Instead of making another order just for knobs (or convincing myself I need to build more stuff : D ) I wanted to try and repair the screw holes.

Any recommendations on how to do this or what product to use?

[DutchMF]

I should get back to the BLMS dude if I were you. From what I've read from his site, he's pretty big on customer satisfaction. But I would not know a proper way to fix those knobs without them looking really ugly...

Paul

[GhostofJohnToad]

I think those davies clones are notorious for that.  I have had quite a few from various sources, Mammoth and Tayda fail the same way.  I've thought about just putting some super glue in a portion of the hole and then after it dried trying to re-thread them with the screw.  Another thing I haven't gotten around to trying.

[Beedoola]

I think those davies clones are notorious for that.  I have had quite a few from various sources, Mammoth and Tayda fail the same way.  I've thought about just putting some super glue in a portion of the hole and then after it dried trying to re-thread them with the screw.  Another thing I haven't gotten around to trying.

yeah, the BLMS guy even discloses they have a fail rate and that it is good to order extras, but like all but 2 (out of 7) failed. Tayda's held up a bit better.

I was thinking I might be some epoxy in there and then hope that makes it stronger.

[davent]

Dan Erlewine (StewMac) uses baking soda with super glue to repair nuts, fix stipped pickguard holes etc. You might try putting a bit of baking soda in the hole then flowing in some water-thin super glue, you'll then need to recut the thread if, the superglue works with the plastic of the knob.

dave

[jimilee]

Lawrence is a stand up guy. You contact him if all of them failed but 2.