Repairing Touch Control Stops

C.Amick · Apr 26, 2019

Anyone else repair these stops? I see that you can buy new ones for $13.00 each plus shipping. However, I had five broken ones and the cost was going to add up. I drilled out the broken off thumb screws and tapped the holes for 1/4 inch stainless steel thumb screws. I then drilled a hole where the old stop posts were and forcibly threaded a machine screw into the hole. I coated the end of the screw with J.B. Weld before threading it in and then cut off the screw head.

Lucid · Apr 26, 2019

Good idea. Have one needing repaired.

WESnIL · Apr 27, 2019

Now are you going to grind or machine it down to look closer to original?

C.Amick · Apr 27, 2019

I may fill the machine screw threads with J.B. Weld and grind 2 sides flat to make it look more original.

C.Amick · Apr 27, 2019

I can see how the thumb screws rust and get twisted off, but I can't figure out how the stop posts get broken off.

formerly ny bill · Apr 28, 2019

great plan!

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