New Stanwell with loose stem....

[colimo]

Originally Posted by loki

I'd hold off on doing that till a last resort, and if I did I'd use a soft flame.

there are a number of reasons that it maybe not fitting as tight as it was. temperature, humidity change, lack of smoking, ect. I had one that was quite not tight fitting until I put fire into the bowl and then it was fine. Finally I had the pipe guy fix it at the local shop cause we were both bored one day

he is right...soft flame...i stand corrected