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UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: bentsbrook27 on May 17, 2015, 09:00:55 pm

Title: Facelift Phoenix cl clamps
Post by: bentsbrook27 on May 17, 2015, 09:00:55 pm: Third clamp down keeps slipping I have tightened it but nothing seems to hold am I missing something or is it new nut and bolt like gardiners
Title: Re: Facelift Phoenix cl clamps
Post by: the king on May 17, 2015, 09:36:30 pm: the facelift clamps dont ave mch bite my last pole pheonix only lasted 12 months
Title: Re: Facelift Phoenix cl clamps
Post by: advanced on May 17, 2015, 10:10:42 pm: yeag good poles but sections wear out to quickly , my gardeners is on its second year changevthe shims then grips good as new
Title: Re: Facelift Phoenix cl clamps
Post by: Stephen Fox on May 17, 2015, 11:41:16 pm: Quote from: bentsbrook27 on May 17, 2015, 09:00:55 pm
Third clamp down keeps slipping I have tightened it but nothing seems to hold am I missing something or is it new nut and bolt like gardiners

bentsbrook, how old is the pole?
Title: Re: Facelift Phoenix cl clamps
Post by: Mike #1 on May 18, 2015, 05:56:47 am: Spray with a good quality laquer may well remedy it , Oh and buy Gardiners SLX ;D ;D ;D next time mines over 2yrs old and still in good order
Title: Re: Facelift Phoenix cl clamps
Post by: bentsbrook27 on May 18, 2015, 10:53:40 am: About a 18 months old nice pole not an SLx but I like extra 2ft over slx when doing third storey so need that clamp changed
Title: Re: Facelift Phoenix cl clamps
Post by: SeanK on May 18, 2015, 11:09:28 am: If the clamps not gripping it means that the pole section has worn to the limits of the clamp adjustment so its
the pole section that needs changed.
Does it slip on the whole pole section or just at the top ?
Title: Re: Facelift Phoenix cl clamps
Post by: Small but perfectley formed on May 18, 2015, 11:13:06 am: Buy some resin that they use on fishing rods and rebuild thickness of pole so clamp grips again ,I have bought some but not got round to doing it .