I broke my double-dinger
05-17-16, 06:32 PM
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I broke my double-dinger
I broke my incredibell putting the bike in the car. It's a single pull double ding brass.
Is it fixable? How do I get into it without a pair of channel locks and a sledge hammer?
Is it fixable? How do I get into it without a pair of channel locks and a sledge hammer?
05-17-16, 06:37 PM
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I have no idea what you're talking about but I'm thinking it's not what I got when I Googled "double-dinger" and if it is this isn't the right forum.
05-17-16, 06:45 PM
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05-17-16, 07:33 PM
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I disassembled a similar bell to find out why it didn't ding very well. If yours is assembled like mine, you tease off that plastic cap on top, to reveal a splined rivet that you can pull out. I got it out by sneaking the tips of a pair of diagonal cutters under the head of the rivet and prying upwards. The pin just presses back in when you're done. Mine still doesn't ding very well.
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05-17-16, 10:05 PM
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Frankly, how much is your time worth? Thing's only $11, after all.
05-18-16, 09:20 AM
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A dead double-dinger is about as good as a dead dingo's donger...
05-18-16, 10:17 AM
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How did you know of this saying?
05-18-16, 11:14 AM
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Slow day at work?
05-18-16, 03:51 PM
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I think it's the spring mechanism. I can manually make it work by pulling it back then pushing it forward but that's like two single dings.
I have bought a single dinger to get me by whenever the mood strikes and I know these dang things are only 10 bucks or so but I just want to play with my dinger to see if I can fix it.
I have bought a single dinger to get me by whenever the mood strikes and I know these dang things are only 10 bucks or so but I just want to play with my dinger to see if I can fix it.
05-18-16, 05:48 PM
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Duet, but that ain't happenin' if the spring is broke.
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05-18-16, 05:58 PM
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The top should pull off with a bit of force. Then you can figure how to get the innards back in the right place. Chances are that nothing is broken, but a spring or one of the plastic pieces has come adrift.
