BiggMann
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Dr. Grabow overhaul
my friend just gave me a golden duke, in fairly good condition. the only real problem with it is that the screw-in tenon on the stem has been twisted from being screwed in too tightly too many times, and so when the stem is in all the way it is tilted to the right. does anyone know who can adjust this for me? i dont have any tools and i dont want to break it. it could also do for a buff down to the wood and a coat of carnuba, but right now all i want is the tenon fixed.
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Jan/23/05, 6:29 pm
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Re: Dr. Grabow overhaul
Greg,
Since the stem has turned from over tightening, it may gently turn to the correct postion but don't try to force it if it feels too tight. Although on your pipe the stinger is actually past of the connector, I'm just going to use stinger for simplicity. 
There are several ways to do this but I generally just heat the metal stinger up with a lighter and the heat will make it loose enough in the stem to turn around. After heating I usually just use a pair of needle nose and reverse the stinger back as far as it's gone too far past the correct position. You can also just keep turning it in the same direction of tightening until it gets back to the correct postion then let it cool.
Instead of using the lighter, you can also use hot water to dip the stinger and about 1/2" of the stem in for easy turning. You can probably fill a cup about halfway full of water, put in the microwave on high for 1-1/2 minutes then dip the stem in stinger first for about 15-20 seconds and then try turning it in whichever method you choose either with the needle nose or by just screwing the stem in until it's in the correct position. A word of caution about getting it too hot is that the stinger may get too loose in the stem but if you are careful, that won't happen. It's better to try getting it hot in small increments until you reach the point where it will move rather than getting it too hot.
One thing that may have caused this over time was taking the pipe apart when it was hot and then screwing it back on and over tightening it. Of course these type pipes are made to take apart when hot but do not over tighten when screwing the stem back on.
Any questions, please feel free to ask and as I said in the PM, I'll be glad to do it for you if you mail it up here.
There may be other and/or better methods for doing this but the above has always worked for me. Maybe someone else will offer suggestions too.
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Jan/23/05, 7:28 pm
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Re: Dr. Grabow overhaul
ive seen the dr. grabows with the strange metal filter/moisture shild thingy, and this one doesnt have one. im guessing thats what youre calling the stinger. this pipe has, quite simply, a screw on stem. i will try the heating and turning method with the water.
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Jan/23/05, 8:15 pm
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You are correct Greg. Some stingers can be removed easily, some are difficult to remove, some are connected to the screw in section of the stem, etc. There are probably hundreds of different configurations but in this situation, I was using the term generically instead of having to type screw on connector each time. 
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Jan/23/05, 8:41 pm
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the water didnt get it hot enoug, but my butane blow torch lighter did i have it to where it is straight on, thanks for the tip larry!
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Re: Dr. Grabow overhaul
Howdy all---
My first post.I just bought a Dr.Grabow "silver Duke" which had the same problem.I got it too hot (from smoking) and turned it around to the proper alignment.
The pipe smokes great but I need to learn about loading and proper packing .
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Guy...........
For a different perspective on loading your pipes try <this> thread......
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Apr/23/06, 6:06 pm
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