>I expect a lot of people know this, but I didn't !
>
>Last year UM's original stem button was on it's 3rd summer and looking
>tatty so I purchased a replacement from a certain multi branch
>Chandlery in the Midlands for about £70. I fitted it in the spring and
>down there on the G&S there is no use for such things as buttons except
>they do make your boat "look the part".
>
>As soon as we started locking on this summer's excursion the darned
>thing started falling off. All the blooming time. It pisses me off.
>Going up - usually off. Going down - always off.
>
>Today I visited the Tradline Fendery at Braunston and spoke to one of
>the chaps that does things with rope. I explained my problem and asked
>him what lies within their £72 button. The answer is "rope" not a bald
>chinese go kart tyre that's completed 10,000 laps of the Ying Tong
>Tiddly Poh Raceway but "rope". This means that the button yields to the
>repeated pressure of a boat up it's jacksy and modifies it's shape to
>something compatible with a steel nb stem. This makes it work better,
>after a few weeks persuasion.
>
>Although I am still fiddling with the naff button from the Chandlery in
>the Midlands, and trying to make it work, I suspect the only
>satisfactory outcome will be the purchase of a new one, from someone
>that knows how they work. Messrs Flockhart & Co cannot be the only folk
>that know the secret but do make sure you don't buy a dodgy one with a
>rubber core unless you've got multiple attachment points and are
>convinced the little chap will stay put.
>
>Beeky
We bought our smart yellow fender with black turks head from Saul Junc.
Sue nb Nackered Navvy
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