Glass fitting broke and is stuck in my stem. Anyone ever had this happen? pics!

[VansStoner1748]

So my brother got it stuck in the stem then tipped it over and broke the bowl off. how the fuck can i get it out. Ive seen a couple stems broke with people trying to get it out but its a fixed stem so its not like i can replace it.

 

[poonjoon]

image ain't workin right.

i feel like i've had this happen before or it happened to someone..or it almost happened. sorry i just woke up but i swaer something like this happened to me before...

i have no clue how to get it out tho..sorry i figure maybe some anal lube???

 

[VansStoner1748]

Hmmm maybe ill try that, i do have a few gallons sitting around.


I cant get the damn pictures to work.

 

[VansStoner1748]

 

[Sgt. Floyd]

Maybe you could glue a nail or something in the part stuck in the down stem that you could use as a handle to pull it out.

 

[Magnificient]

Or use the nail to break it into smaller pieces which you could get out easier.

 

[VansStoner1748]

If i cant get it ill try that. Tts in there goooood tough, I bent a piece of metal and stuck it in and pushed it upwards from the bottom of the bowl and it didnt even budge. My favorite piece i own. Dont see alot of disk perks around.

 

[VansStoner1748]

I was going to try that,but then i would be risking pushing it down more to the point where the stem will just pop in half. Just like my buddy did to his illadalph. But he just replaced the stem.

 

[PussymOneyWeed]

There isnt enough glass sticking up anywhere to kinda grasp it lightly with some needle-nose pliers to do some wiggeling?

*maybe even full on pour some vegetable oil down there to act as some kind of lubrication and start twisting haha.

 

[Sr. Verde]

There isnt enough glass sticking up anywhere to kinda grasp it lightly with some needle-nose pliers to do some wiggeling?

Or use the nail to break it into smaller pieces which you could get out easier.

SORRY FELLAS BUT TERRIBLE IDEAS!

I've broken more glass with both techniques.. The best idea is to get some type of hook thing, to put in the downtube and kind of get some grip on the bottom and try to pull it up and out

 

[VansStoner1748]

Update.

I bent an allen wrench and tryed to push it up but no luck. Ive got it stuck befor when i first got the piece, after a few mins of workin it i got it out and it hasnt happened since. Only way i could get it out was twisting it, And there was no twisting this.

Also tried the needle nose pliers. the after all of the lip was broke off that was out of the question.

Ended up getting a nail and a hammer and did it the old fashion way. after a few hours,yes hours i got it out with no harm done to my bubbler. =] ima buy a new bowl tomorrow!

 

[jhopkins34]

Update.

I bent an allen wrench and tryed to push it up but no luck. Ive got it stuck befor when i first got the piece, after a few mins of workin it i got it out and it hasnt happened since. Only way i could get it out was twisting it, And there was no twisting this.

Also tried the needle nose pliers. the after all of the lip was broke off that was out of the question.

Ended up getting a nail and a hammer and did it the old fashion way. after a few hours,yes hours i got it out with no harm done to my bubbler. =] ima buy a new bowl tomorrow!

Wow man, you definitely got lucky I had the exact same situation with an old toro that cost me a grand, ended up doing the same thing as you and I hit the exact right place to make the bottom six trees break off and no more toro after that, fucking sucked but the bright side I got a new one that hits even better with a trashcathcer for less then the old one all together. But props man thats no easy task to do, but as I see it, its worth the risk you may save the piece you may not, but if you do at least it can hit again. I'm interested in seeing if an 18 mm bowl breaks like that if you can grind down the broken jagged glass to be even with the end of the down stem, then I'm about 90% sure a 14 mm bowl will fit in the new hole, you may need to add a little tape around the male end if its too small, but if you don't want to risk breaking your glass at all for some reason, this should be an option. If the 14 doesn't fit, just get a non glass on glass slide and add tape around a part of the stem and it will rip for sure.

EDIT: Oh yeah and VansStoner + rep for taking the time to chip it out, I got about 45 minutes into chipping out the broken toro bowl when then bottom tree broke away so I know how tedious of a task that is

 

[VansStoner1748]

Thanks man. I got this piece in Tahoe, Never seen a piece like it. Hits like a dream. Never cared for the bowl. It was a glass cube instead of a sphere, cool design but the hole was horribly small. scraped that shit everytime i used it.

Verde is absolutly right! horrible ideas but if you have steady hands and incredable patience i would say try it if it happens.

 

[newdude79]

put a pair of needle nose pliers inside it and open them up n try to yank it out.

 

[newdude79]

oh my bad i didnt catch the 2nd page. lol. stoned.

 

[alberts]

sick piece.. glad you goT it out safely..