Well, some feedback is coming in on the DEVILLE "A-51" Swivel. So far, I'm getting a lot of favorable reviews. Thank you all for your feedback!
I received an email this morning about the new swivel from a long-time forum member and I decided to post it here. Mainly to see if others have experienced this in their swivel.
"I got it and I like it....it IS smooth, fast and quiet. I do have one issue with it, I hate to say:
The ball is so tight in the housing (and I understand, I think, why you endeavored to tighten that up to eliminate 'excessive upward play or slop' so it'd track better, esp on mis-hits) that the bag does not spin. I mean it only rotates 360-540 degrees before it stops and usually it rides up so the top of S-hook travels up onto the eye hook (I am not a big fan of this style of S-hook, the asymmetrical one).
This action (or inaction, failure to spin) happens with all my bags.
Please don't misunderstand me on this now: I think it's a very cool swivel and appreciate the innovation...and you seem very sharp, nice and genuine. Do you or Raul have any ideas on how I might free this up to spin better? Except for this one sticking point, it works really, really well. Thanks!"
The first thing to check would be the lubrication. If the ball seems a little slow, just add some lubricant – petroleum jelly, etc.
If this doesn't remedy the problem, then try this:
Raul suggests a "fix" for this, only for those who have the tools/ability to do so, of course. It involves removing the S-hook from the i-bolt.
If the well where the ball rests is too tight – take a dremel tool and ream it out just a tiny bit, taking care not to touch the edge of the opening where the ball rests. This will open it up a bit and should improve the "spin factor."
If this is not an option, then I told this member to return it and we would fix it, or send a new one.
I received an email this morning about the new swivel from a long-time forum member and I decided to post it here. Mainly to see if others have experienced this in their swivel.
"I got it and I like it....it IS smooth, fast and quiet. I do have one issue with it, I hate to say:
The ball is so tight in the housing (and I understand, I think, why you endeavored to tighten that up to eliminate 'excessive upward play or slop' so it'd track better, esp on mis-hits) that the bag does not spin. I mean it only rotates 360-540 degrees before it stops and usually it rides up so the top of S-hook travels up onto the eye hook (I am not a big fan of this style of S-hook, the asymmetrical one).
This action (or inaction, failure to spin) happens with all my bags.
Please don't misunderstand me on this now: I think it's a very cool swivel and appreciate the innovation...and you seem very sharp, nice and genuine. Do you or Raul have any ideas on how I might free this up to spin better? Except for this one sticking point, it works really, really well. Thanks!"
The first thing to check would be the lubrication. If the ball seems a little slow, just add some lubricant – petroleum jelly, etc.
If this doesn't remedy the problem, then try this:
Raul suggests a "fix" for this, only for those who have the tools/ability to do so, of course. It involves removing the S-hook from the i-bolt.
If the well where the ball rests is too tight – take a dremel tool and ream it out just a tiny bit, taking care not to touch the edge of the opening where the ball rests. This will open it up a bit and should improve the "spin factor."
If this is not an option, then I told this member to return it and we would fix it, or send a new one.
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