Those of you who have purchased recently, are the shells now connected to the strands? It sounds like assembly has improved recently.
1115412
Just bought and returned this in the last month or so. No- the shells are not connected. BUT if you have a little time to spend, they can be pretty easily linked.
1115413
Whatever assembly is required is well worth its weight in gold. ... it is a beautiful piece! !
1115414
For me, the strands were not connected to the main rings. They had to be installed carefully. Te bigger problem was all the damaged shells out of the box. Many of the holes were broken through. After rearranging all the good shells I was only left with one strand that didn't have all the shells. I wish the piece had come with one extra strand of shells. Although the low price fits the tedious assembly work in my opinion. I'm happy with it.
1115415
Mine was bought a month ago and I had to assemble the shells. Was worth it though.
1115416
Hello, I ordered mine maybe six months ago and it was not assembled at all. It wasn't really difficult to put together, just time consuming. It really looks lovely though, especially on a dimmer switch as we have it.
1115417
No, the shells are not connected to the strands, you need a little bit of time to do it, we put it together with my husband in about 1 hour and a half, half one day and half the follow day.
1984734
Mine came totally assembled. We have two at our beach property, on our balcony, you can see them at www.islandvista506.comThey rust mostly because of the salt air. We replace them about every 3 or 4 years, they are WONDERFUL and so COMFORTABLE!
2010484
The nut that comes with it needs to be replaced anyway i just received mine 2 days ago and the nut is not on it's wrapped separately i ordered a new nut to replace so i don't see a issue the neck is pretty decent considering the price just the nut is pretty crappy i am going to buy more of these if that helps
809551
We had the same trouble. It took about 5 tries to get them in the right position. The position of the arm assembly is critical when the center nut is secured. Sounds easy, but drives a person crazy. I really don't know what happened , we just kept changing the secure position until, VOILA! they were in sync. Sorry , wish we could be more helpful. If you can , pick a Saturn mechanics brain.
801325
So far they seem fine. I have had over 150 lbs on them so far and no problems. The metal rings on the stops were a problem until I super glued them. The ones on the low cable were so loose when I was doing low rows the metal ring got stuck and stripped some of the coating off down to the wire. Didn't like that but since the glue I have had no problems.
88892
Actually i have to update my post. They settled in perfect. I drove around with 4 home depot buckets in the back filled with sand for 1000miles with the bolts for the shackles a little loose and theyre perfect height now. Prolly around 4" now....much better then when i installed them
743130
My daughter and husband assembled them. They said the first ones were hard, but once they got the hang of them, it went fast and was easy. Is there someone that can help you figure it out?
1749999
Not that big of a deal to assemble but we did have problems with the electrical wire fitting down the shaft of the RH arm. Once solved , no biggie but you can always find a handyman to do it for you . YES-- get a helper if you're doing it yourself.
988480
Im not sure i only bought one that was like 10 months ago. but they seem pretty randomly put together. try and see tough.
1441023
I did not find those either, but I find by just being careful you can set up and play as normal without them. The stems seem weaker than most for this model some people have resided to just super glueing it down and storing it as display piece when not in use.
156370
It could be a defective strand i suppose. I would double check the 2 weather proof connections each end of the strand to make sure theres a positive connection. Outside of that i would recommend contacting the manufacturer. Hope this helps
623799
Th pieces all appear to be the same. We had to constantly tighten them during normal use. Fixed the problem using Tight Loc.
1688902
No we have had ours for over a year now and they are as if they came out of the package. My daughter still plays with these almost everyday. We have had no issues with any of the items separating.
1008104
Mine is still intact. Review them from the site you purchased from (if possible) and see if they respond to your satisfaction. If no shaft can be found, chalk it up as a loss and purchase from a more reputable store.
1646679
It is fixed. They each come wrapped in a bag so they don't tangle and are pre attached to top plate.
2240802
I don,t no, but the string broke in mine, and we took it apart and put a stronger core in it, it,s been working good, even the storm,s couldn,t damage it, also nail it down.
665469
Yes - they are meant to go together. However, when we assembled it, there were gaps where it attached to the front poles and the back poles so the wind comes whistling in. I have see other brands already assembled where they looked weather tight. Otherwise, it has been sturdy enough.