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Shower Door Ball Catch Replacement
by kresty
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This is a really silly thing, and I have no clue how long/well it will work, nor if anyone else cares, but here goes:
My shower door has a little catch that is a ball that snaps over the shower frame when shutting the door. A spring lets it move back and forth, and a screw adjusted the travel. Somehow the screw got too loose and the little carriage with the bearing got lost. I couldn't find a replacement, so either I print one or figure out how to get a different catch to work or replace the whole door. Guess which one I picked?
I used a #10 tap to make thread for the adjustment screw. My screw was too long so I also made a little spacer for the other side.
After making the threads, I pressed in a 1/4" bearing, but may have messed up some measurements because it was really hard to press into the little tube thing.
I printed @ 0.2mm with 100% infill since it needed to be strong and was pretty small.
Note that there's a notch in the side so that when you adjust it, it
My shower door has a little catch that is a ball that snaps over the shower frame when shutting the door. A spring lets it move back and forth, and a screw adjusted the travel. Somehow the screw got too loose and the little carriage with the bearing got lost. I couldn't find a replacement, so either I print one or figure out how to get a different catch to work or replace the whole door. Guess which one I picked?
I used a #10 tap to make thread for the adjustment screw. My screw was too long so I also made a little spacer for the other side.
After making the threads, I pressed in a 1/4" bearing, but may have messed up some measurements because it was really hard to press into the little tube thing.
I printed @ 0.2mm with 100% infill since it needed to be strong and was pretty small.
Note that there's a notch in the side so that when you adjust it, it
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