Fatboy help/advice

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domhutchinson

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I recently recieved a G1 fatboy from ebay, It seems to shave fine but on further inspection I found the blade to be slightly closer to the safety bar on the left hand side of one side of the razor. I also noticed that as I open the doors on the razor one side of the mechanism is higher than the other and finishes higher than the other. Firstly are the two linked? It seems like if the opening problem affected the blade then it would be much closer to the safety bar and the doors seem pretty parallel with the safety bar when they are shut.

Secondly Is there anything i can do to correct this? also if there is something i can do am i better leaving it as it doesn't appear to affect the shaving of the razor?

http://imgur.com/a/ZVev6#8GNWc

Cheers,

Dom

Edit, Images didnt work.. posted a link to the album instead
 
Can I see an end on photo with the doors half open

Seems like the guard bar is straight, but not sitting levelly on the handle (small gap difference when closed), also looks like the end caps need tweaking to straighten the the position of the open silo doors.

Gentle constant pressure is needed to resolve both :)
 
BlkKnight said:
Can I see an end on photo with the doors half open

Seems like the guard bar is straight, but not sitting levelly on the handle (small gap difference when closed), also looks like the end caps need tweaking to straighten the the position of the open silo doors.

Gentle constant pressure is needed to resolve both :)
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I know this is going to sound daft but which end? the end with the doors e.t.c or the bottom of the twist to open bit?

i'm just about to drive from Sheffield to Middlesbrough so i'm all packed up but i'll post one when i'm home :)
 
that's the top, not the end :)

I mean this shot, with the doors half open form both sides

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Having a hard time seeing if the head is moving up and down as you chg the setting. It seems that 1-5-9 are all at the same height?? If that's the case it can be fixed.
 
haha my bad BlkKnight! this should (hopefully) be what you need! http://imgur.com/a/Jq3NG

and Johnus, i've made another album with the blade positions at 1-5-9 http://imgur.com/a/w6k7f
 
From here she looks fine. Actually, she looks almost new. I'd shave with it a few time, she may have just forgot how she should respond. It happens with the older girls!:)-).
 
Johnus said:
From here she looks fine. Actually, she looks almost new. I'd shave with it a few time, she may have just forgot how she should respond. It happens with the older girls!:)-).
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haha yeah, to be honest she looks perfect unless the doors are open! maybe shes just temperamental because i'm shaving with my weber behind her back
 
Does anyone know which parts of the razor to apply pressure too?/a method to apply pressure? I don't want to just start pressing on bits of my razor incase I break it hah!
 
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