Cooker Motors and Oven Motors

Have you ever had a cooker knob break and discovered that a replacement will cost anything up to £30? That's if you can find a supplier that isn't out of stock. This set of knobs will most likely save the day.

They work well enough though with a couple of minor niggles.

1) The adapters have no springs; and while they are a neat fit on the shafts (no slop), they pull off a little too easily. No doubt a dab of something sticky would fix this.

2) The way in which the adapters attach to the knobs restricts your choice of angle to the nearest 15 degrees. There may be no way to get the knob upright when in the Off' position. Apart from the aesthetics, this will have to be allowed for if the knob sets your oven temperature. Better design could have eliminated this problem.

All that having been said, they're still good value. Also, if your original knob is intact except for the spindle (a common failure), and if your DIY skills are up to it, you could try cutting the broken spindle off the old knob and solvent welding an adapter in its place. I'm going to give it a go.

Update: I cut a deep notch into the end of a long spindle so that the remaining edges would go all the way into the knob. It's glued in with araldite and stronger than the original. It's also angled perfectly.