How good is the swivel? Tried another Jerdon &amp; swivel didn't work--would tighten on itself &amp; get stuck.
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Well...My daughter has been using it for about 1.5 months. I haven't used it personally, but checked it out. Here's my novel: The lower tube has a plastic insert at the top. The upper tube fits inside the plastic insert and telescopes up and down. The knurled center piece tightens the plastic insert so that the height can be adjusted. I had to tighten it fairly snug to prevent the upper tube with the mirror from sliding down. The "Y" frame that holds the mirror has a metal threaded insert pressed into the bottom of the "Y" that screws into the top of the upper tube. This can back-out if you try to swivel the mirror side-to-side. I need to put some Lock-Tite on these threads. I know this isn't what you asked but bear with me. Because of the way the stand is designed as I described, I do not think the mirror is supposed to swivel along the axis of the tube (back 'n' forth). But the mirror is supposed to swivel upon the horizontal axis (two points attached at the top of the "Y" frame). There is a plastic bushing on the little shaft at either side of the mirror. These ride inside the holes at top part of the "Y" frame. There is a knurl nut that threads onto both sides to hold the mirror in place. A plastic washer goes between the nut and the "Y" frame. Now for your question after my novel! LOL! My daughter's mirror never got "stuck" when I rotated the mirror along the horizontal axis. But I did notice that it tightened up a little. This was from the right knurl nut tightening as I spun the mirror top towards me. I am going to put Lock-Tite on the both of the knurl nut threads to prevent the nut from spinning at all. Hope this helped. All-n-all, I'd say this is a worth while buy for the price.
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Lol!!!! I just found out. Been searching the internet with same problem. I'm usually good with these things so I was quite frustrated not being able to figure it out, almost broke the darn thing trying to use a small screwdriver as someone had suggested. Anyway the answer is.... (drumroll please)It is AUTO-tilt; so once its been completely opened, continuing to crank the mechanism (I know scary, I was worried I'd break it) actually starts working the tilt mechanism!
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I'm sorry I haven't tried that, but my guess is that it could remain a bit loose if your speakers are level, but mine are angled down and if left loose would swivel left or right because of the speaker weight. Hope this helps.
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angela it swivels but u need 2 losen the knob..not smooth..plus slides around no rubber 4 stability..bad deal..hope that helped
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Did you ever try mounting this directly to your TV and were you successful? Seems like most of the responses went to whether it could be mounted to the wall, with only Amy L. suggesting that it could not actually be mounted to the TV. I want to mount a soundbar directly to my TV that is on a swivel, so I'm wondering if you got it to work for you???
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My wife says: If you tighten down the plate that has the square holes, it will not swivel. Hope this helps!
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Mine turns with the stiffness you want (so it doesn't slip easily) but it's not uncomfortably tight and moves freely when turned. Try working it a bit to see if it just needs the tightness worked out of it. Otherwise you may want to swap it if you think it hurts your ability to freely make adjustments.
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thanks for the tips. turned mine around and it works. to me it opensbackwards but it worked so whatever.
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Installation problem. I installed mine the other day using the three hole cover and it swivels without issue.
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It is fixed. If there were anything I would change it would be to make it swivel, but as is it does not get in the way. and really for the price you can't beat it.
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Yup.. It mounts really well on the dashboard and swivel is fine. Swivel might be bit hard at start. So far the product has worked great for me. No complaints.
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Well... I wouldn't exactly call it "freely spinning," but it does swivel easily. However, I haven't found that to be a problem... just aim it, and forget it. I suppose if you feel a need to 'lock it down," you could use some black electrical tape, etc.
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I cannot be helpful as this seems to be a different use. I purchased the swivel as a gift to use with a TV and it works very well.
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The top pulley is fixed. It will not swivel. Not sure what the last guy was smoking when he answered that it could swivel. perhaps he didn't understand what you mean.
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..mine worked like a charm, yes...it screws like a crank, you just have to tighten by feel...if you think you have enough for one more turn and the neck to end up vertical then go ahead...I knew on my last turn that it was pretty tight and that I might had enough for a one more turn but I wasn't 100% so I stopped...plumbers tape is a must obviously and so far no leaks or problems....there is no need to over-tighten....
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Short of finding out who manufactured this rotating swivel (which we like very much), I have examined our rotating swivel and conclude that the rotating mechanism is most likely around the center of the swivel. So you may try to first drill a small hole (i.e., 1/2 of an inch) in the center and that should give how wide you can drill further.
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Susan,I have a 60-incher and the swivel gizmo works great. Swivels with just a touch - so much so that I had to rearrange the TV cables so they would not pull my TV to one side or the other when I swivel it fully right or left (I need a 180 degree range for watching from my dining, living and Florida rooms). The product is wonderful - I contacted the inventor and told him so.