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[Nanuq]

Call me butterfingers but I dropped my DW Daytona with Mystery Movement from waist high onto a tile floor.

Okay, hold it ... it was A-C-C-I-D-E-N-T-A-L this time!! I can report that the movement took the hit just fine, no worries there.

BUT... my crown was unscrewed and it fell onto the crown. That bashed it enough that it cross-threaded the crown onto the tube and when I unscrewed it to ascertain the damage the tube unscrewed from the case.

I took it apart and the tube/crown/stem are well and truly trashed.

So, who here knows how to fix this for me and wants to take a stab at it?

Thanks! I know it's not that big of a deal to do, but my time is SO sparse that it will sit on my shelf for a year before I get to it. I just know it.

Anyone?

[deltatahoe]

this is sad news nanuq -- i think i might just break out into tears if this were to happen to my dw 6362

i'm sure ziggy would be happy to help. i'm curious, was the crown & tube genuine?

if so, this is really too bad.

if not, look on the bright side -- your dw daytona just got an upgrade

either way, i'm sure you will sort it out...

deltatahoe

[ubiquitous]

Sounds to me like a perfect opportunity to upgrade to a gen crown and tube, Bob... Easy fix. Case should be re-tapped to clean the threads, and the 7030 will thread right in.

Honestly, I'd be more concerned about that mystery movement sustaining damage. Those things are so volatile...

[ubiquitous]

When changing out crowns/tubes with gen, I've rarely ever had to adjust/trim the stem. You should be okay with the one you have.

[ubiquitous]

Well... If you heat the crown/stem, that will definitely help the crown break loose of any glue/loc-tite/etc that may be present. I've never had to before, but it certainly wouldn't hurt to do...