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Unread 12/16/2018, 12:01 PM   #495
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Originally Posted by slief View Post
That screw is an M6 x 16. You can source a nylon M6 screw online easily my searching M6 nylon screw. Any M6 screw that is over 16mm long will work. I checked our site and don’t see them in the US store but that’s likely because you are one of the first I’ve seen that broke his in the last few years. There really is no reason to tighten much at all either. In fact, on my Supermarin, I never even tightened it other than to have a slight amount of friction on the wedge.

That said, you are on the right track as far as turning the nozzle a little bit at a time to find the sweet spot and once you have it close, a fraction of a turn on the nozzle as well as a fraction of a turn of the wedge pipe can make a big difference so keep that in mind when you are turning the wedge. Just a tiny bit of a turn like a degree or less is all that’s needed. Also, not sure how many fish you have but the less the load, the harder it is to keep it consistent without spending the time to really fine tune the nozzle. To me it sounds like you are close if not spot on with the nozzle and just need to do finer adjustments of the wedge. And if you have a really low load, you can’t expect much skimmate in the cup and will see a bit more accumulation in the neck unless you are skimming fairly wet.


Not the screw I cracked it’s the piece below:


My fish load is pretty decent, it’s a 80g display with abou 9 fish, and I feed heavily.




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