Loose kitchen monobloc - again!

[mlteenie]

Hi folks,

Just wondering if anyone can tell me how to fit an Ikea monobloc so it won't come loose. I have now fitted two of these myself in two different properties and they have both come loose, ie. the long brass nut below comes loose and the taps swivel around annoyingly. As far as I remember it was fitted according to the Ikea instructions, but that didn't seem to stop this problem developing. I want it to be rock solid, and before I start taking it all apart I thought I would ask you kind people to see if you can shed some light.
I think it is the Stockvik tap with a s/steel sink and the hole was cut using their cutting tool.

Thanks!

 

[mildmanneredjanitor]

Wrap a little PTFE tape around the stud's thread? Make sure it is tight enough, use a socket and extension to make it easier?

 

[wilhelm]

http://www.machinemart.co.uk/product.asp?p=010114165&r=2033&g=105

 

[mildmanneredjanitor]

 

[Bahco]

Hi MMJ
Thanks for previous help

Can you explain your signature as I keep racking my brain

 

[mildmanneredjanitor]

Hi MMJ
Can you explain your signature as I keep racking my brain

Hello Mate!!!

we must stop meeting like this... people will talk...

And the sig... Linky

Hahahah!
Wot a clanger... Just corrected my own sig!
'Marge' must have been a blend of Rose'M'ary and 'Sarge'

Thanks for previous help

Was that all fixed in the end?
Don't think your emoticons were displayed in your emails?

 

[Bahco]

Good God that brings back some memories from my childhood
The Banana Splits were my fave tho but they never put them on anymore
All the best

 

[Bahco]

[quote="mildmanneredjanitor
Don't think your emoticons were displayed in your emails?[/quote]

I have given up on those******* emoticons.
I can send them to myself but it seems nobody else can receive them
You can't win them all
Cheers

 

[mildmanneredjanitor]

Good God that brings back some memories from my childhood
The Banana Splits were my fave tho but they never put them on anymore
All the best

The Banana Splits!
More here
Dear Drooper, those buggies! Arabian Knights, Ala Khazam (however you spell it!!

All good stuff!

 

[ChrisR]

Make sure the base of the tap is clean of grease.
Do the thing up as tight as possible then squirt sanitary silicone ( Evo Stik Nail and Seal is better) in under the curly E shaped washer (underneath) and round outside it.
Don't put silicone on before you start or the O ring will slip out of its groove.

(You often have to stretch the O ring to get it to stay in its groove in the forst place, but you knew that )