threaded nut on g9 lampholder

OK, I now learn that they are called 'shade rings', or 'lamp rings'. So at least I can get hold of some.

Still interested in a decent 'shade ring tool' or ideas for easing the turning...

J^n

jkn submitted this idea :

I don't know if this might help, but they used to sell a spring steel clip to replace shade rings, stamped out of sheet metal. You just squeezed its arms and it released the shade.

Another variation used a thin metal spring arms, which you held together to remove the shade, but the shade needed to have a larger than normal hole for the squeezed together arms to be able to pass through. It would be held in place by a normal shade ring.

I used to use vaseline, but in the end plastic goes brittle with age heat and temperature changes etc. The only real fix for any kind of nut is to attempt to use all metal fittings, but many do not like them or their expense. Brian

I once successfully glued a broken nut, and it lasted another two years. Luckily I managed not to let the glue glue it to the thread. Brian

There's an M40 standard thread used with many european plastic ES and BC lampholders (40mm diameter thread). Your G9 may well be using something smaller though.

I could imagine that running off and making a mess ;-)

It's an 18mm dia thread, maybe 1.5mm pitch or so, it seems...

I wasn't thinking of using a lot ... just the thinnest smear of silicone grease or something similar.

Cheers Jon N

Hi jon try lighting spares.co.uk for a G9 locking nut there metel not plastic about 40p each but postage is about £=4.00 so order a few hope that helps