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I recently bought the mixer and started putting it together but ran into a problem. It appears this kit didn't come with everything needed to assemble it. In particular, it's missing most or all of part#'s 56 ("seal gasket") and 63 ("rubber gasket"). Likely there are some missing bolts, too but that's less of an issue. My mixer kit came with two elastomer gaskets but I have no idea which one of these P/N's they represent. All the small parts were jumbled together in two large unmarked bags so no way to distinguish them. HF customer service was a joke, no help there other than offering a $10 gift certificate for my trouble.
I'm sure I can find something at my local Ace hardware store, but I don't know precisely what distinguishes a "seal gasket" from a "rubber gasket", if anything. So if anyone in this forum has (successfully) assembled the HF 3.5 cu-ft cement mixer, I'd like to hear from you....
I'm well into building this thing up so am not crazy about the idea of tearing it down and bringing the pile of parts back to HF, but maybe they deserve it. The two halves of the drum have been glued into place but it would roll better that way into the store
I'm sure I can find something at my local Ace hardware store, but I don't know precisely what distinguishes a "seal gasket" from a "rubber gasket", if anything. So if anyone in this forum has (successfully) assembled the HF 3.5 cu-ft cement mixer, I'd like to hear from you....
I'm well into building this thing up so am not crazy about the idea of tearing it down and bringing the pile of parts back to HF, but maybe they deserve it. The two halves of the drum have been glued into place but it would roll better that way into the store