Repair of Blackburn Workstand

[polarjud]

There is a blue disk of roughly 4" diameter that prevents rotational slippage. Mine dried up and cracked with age (about 20 years). The last remnants just slipped out. Now it rotates like crazy no matter how hard I torque it. Any ideas how to replace the disk?

[Chuck Davis]

If you saved you sales receipt, you might have a warranty claim

On Sat, Sep 14, 2013 at 10:31 AM, polarjud <judk...@verizon.net> wrote:

There is a blue disk of roughly 4" diameter that prevents rotational slippage. Mine dried up and cracked with age (about 20 years). The last remnants just slipped out. Now it rotates like crazy no matter how hard I torque it.  Any ideas how to replace the disk?

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The shoppe is at:

 

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[polarjud]

Didn't think of that after 20 years, changes in relationships and moves, but I dug and did find the original parts list. It is called a "plastic brake pad."

[Diafani]

That's interesting, mine did the same thing many years ago, but I never noticed much of a difference...  I would think pretty much anything you can slip in there would work. Duct tape, maybe?

[polarjud]

 Building up a brake disk with duct tape is a nice idea!  Think I'll give it a try.

[SMS]

I've seen some pads used to prevent slippage of furniture that can be trimmed to size (the opposite of the pads intended to make the furniture slide more easily). 

I have a similar Blackburn workstand of similar vintage but the blue disk is in good shape.

Did these have a lifetime warranty? You could contact Bell Sports, who owns Blackburn, and find out.

I saw Jim Blackburn some months ago at a local pool supply store. I heard the clerk call him "Mr. Blackburn" and asked if it was Jim, and he said yes.

[Michael Tarelka]

I know this a late post, but I just fixed my dried up plastic part for $2. I went to the hardware store looking for a "Tupperware Lid" like item. The clerk showed me a hard rubber piece, which was perfect.

Drilled a 1/2 inch hole and cut the rubber with some scissors. It took me about 30 minutes.

On Saturday, September 14, 2013 8:31:48 AM UTC-7, polarjud wrote:

[Dan Lacey]

My "plastic brake disk" just failed today.  Not sure, but I've had that stand for probably 35 years.  I'm going to try to 3D print a new disk out of TPU (90A) material.

[Dan Lacey]

I 3D-printed a new disk out of TPU (95A) and installed it on my WorkStand.  It works great.  Seems to have even better grip than the original.