Hookah Looseshaft Problem

[HookA_KiNg11]

I bought this hookah a couple of months ago and it was sick but then i encountered a big problem with the shaft or the thing that makes the bubbly noise and a major part of my hookah... so my friend and I made this lil creation to fix it and i thought i shuld share it wit da rest of the ppl on hookahforum.com

- If your shaft loosens and falls out, grab some crayola markers. Then, bit the bottom cap off and take out the ink inside the marker. Wash the marker throughly and bit the top of the marker lightly and then start pushing it inside your hookah where you shaft used to be. Your gonna need another marker and repeat these steps but instead put this marker inside the previous one. Next thing you know your baack to smoking hookah and enjoying your nite...

An interseting yet priceless creation by HookA_KiNg11

Hope this post helps for ne1 who has problems

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are you sure the shaft isnt just a screw off from the rest of the stem? all you need to do is tighten it >.<
if not, pretty nice invention, but I dont really follow..

[Scoop]

one of my myas has a shaft that when it screws it, it literally seems like its broken, its really weird. i dont unscrew it ever cuz im afraid ill never get it back on lol

[Muhammad]

By shaft, are you referring to the little bit where theirs a ball bearing thing to stop any air leaks?

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that would be the purge valve.

[Calcartman]

This forum would be much simpler if people understood what the pieces of their hookah were called, and if they could explain what they did in clear concise english.
It sounds to me like the downstem came off, and your solution was to make a new downstem out of marker bodies (the plastic housings, with the ink removed).

1. Plastic melts.
2. Plastic fumes are toxic.
3. That ink is probably none to safe either.

I'll stick to a working downstem.

[*HOT&SMOKING*]

This forum would be much simpler if people understood what the pieces of their hookah were called, and if they could explain what they did in clear concise english.
It sounds to me like the downstem came off, and your solution was to make a new downstem out of marker bodies (the plastic housings, with the ink removed).

1. Plastic melts.
2. Plastic fumes are toxic.
3. That ink is probably none to safe either.

I'll stick to a working downstem.

Exactly!!!

Guys and gals it is all well and good inventing things to help in a tough situation or to improve the smoking of your hookah,BUT alot of people just go out and use whatever material looks good to them!!

You have to be careful !!! you don't want to be breathing in toxins!!!

-H&S Edited July 20, 2007 by *HOT&SMOKING*

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that brings me to a different question... where COULD you get a replacement sort of piece for a downstem? do they sell steel bars at a hardware store?


edited for spelling Edited July 20, 2007 by SafeSearchOff

[*HOT&SMOKING*]

that brings me to a different question... where COULD you get a replacement sort of piece for a downstem? do they sell steel bars at a hardware store?

You should be able to find one in a hardware store,just find one that is the same material as your previous downstream!!

And then you can get someone ( or yourself) to weld/solder (not sure how it was previously attached) it back on again!!

-H&S

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mainly the question was for if i ever decide to fashion mineself a hookah with bare hands.