CRAP! I broke my Timmy

[Squirlly]

I was TRYING to take the stock feedneck off so I could install a q-lock and I guess I should have been a little more gentle becase I broke the neck right out of the body. It's a very clean "break" and actually I can push it back into the body and it's fairly tight so as long as I don't try to dive into the snake (and at 5' 8" and 280lb that ain't very likley) I could still use it. Below is a visual on what happend, since I don't want to weaken anything worse than it is I used a photo edit to make an old photo look like the issue.

http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t64/squirllyoh/broke_timmy.jpg

I'm looking for suggustions on how to proceed. When the break happened I slid my Ion feedneck into the hole HOPING the hole was small enough to have it threaded so my Timmy would accept SmartParts threaded feednecks and no dice like I said it fit IN the hole but since then I have looked at the Shocker NXT feednecks and SmartParts has added some more metal to the down shaft on their NXT feednecks and compaired to my old Ion feednedk there might be enough metal on my Timmy to have it threaded for a NXT feedneck but I have not compared the hold to a NXT feednedk yet.

If there is enough metal in the body of the Timmy and this was your marker would you still have the old Timmy feedneck welded back in or would you have a machine shop thread your body for the SFT feedneck so you could have a feedneck that is more than an inch SHORTER than any thing on the marker made for an Alias (cocker thread feedneck)

-Tim

[BAMF-HacKeR]

Its not broken. You just pulled the press fit feedneck out. I did the same thing.

Clean the feedneck and the hole. Put a little JBWeld or epoxy on the feedneck and press it back into place. I used a rubber mallet to tap it in solid and it is good to go.

[Squirlly]

Ok then without breaking anything once I have the JB Weld back on it will I be able to crank on it fairly strong to get the feed neck off to expose the cocker feedneck threads so I put a q-lock feedneck on it?

Ok eventho it's not broke what do you think about my idea on having it threaded for new stock much lower rise feednecks?

-Tim

[sparky81]

Ha, I just did the same thing. Thanks for the info bamf-hacker.

[lopez17]

If you've never JB Welded something back into place and don't feel like experimenting, try calling BLAST and sending it to them for service. They do excellent work.

[crankwalk]

looks photoshopped! :) but we get the point ;)

check these guys out for a low profile feedneck.. you can send them your marker and they'll press fit a new piece in

$26 for the work, plus the cost of the actual part

http://www.fireballmountain.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=FBM&Product_Code=FBM-974

[Squirlly]

looks photoshopped! :)

If I would have had photoshop you wouldn't have noticed the doctering that was MS Paint from Windows 98 :)

-Tim

[Squirlly]

Well I called a buddy of mine that I knew was mechanically handy to help me out with my Timmy and I took it over to his house last night. While talking to the him he said that he had to go into work today anyway and would fix it today, while discussing the repair he had a few what I felt were off the wall ideas so skeptical of his actual ability to fix it right I asked the guy where do you work? He then told me he OWNED a machine shop I was very familiar with that specialzes in remanfacturing steering columns for all vehicles. They are well known in the classic car circuit becasue if you can't buy a replacement part they will rebuild it and fabricate the part needed even if the part needed is missing.

Needless to say my Timmy is in great hands and I'm giddy to get it back, either tonight or Tomorrow.

-Tim