# Solving the Stainless Sleeve Loose Problem

**URL:** <https://community.anovaculinary.com/t/solving-the-stainless-sleeve-loose-problem/13883>\
**Category:** Anova Support\
**Created:** [April 1, 2018, 4:28pm UTC](https://community.anovaculinary.com/t/solving-the-stainless-sleeve-loose-problem/13883 "2018-04-01T16:28:11Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![gantenbrink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f0a364/32.png) [@gantenbrink](https://community.anovaculinary.com/u/gantenbrink)\
**Post date:** [April 1, 2018, 4:28pm UTC](https://community.anovaculinary.com/t/solving-the-stainless-sleeve-loose-problem/13883/1 "2018-04-01T16:28:11Z")

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I just ordered my third ANOVA and had the same problem with the other ones.  
There is a simple sollution by bending the upper rim of the tube, to a slightly oval shape.  
Don’t overdo it! Just smoothly little by little with your flat hand.  
This method works perfektly.

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**Author:** ![RezaB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/94ad74/32.png) [@RezaB](https://community.anovaculinary.com/u/RezaB)\
**Post date:** [March 14, 2026, 1:17pm UTC](https://community.anovaculinary.com/t/solving-the-stainless-sleeve-loose-problem/13883/2 "2026-03-14T13:17:31Z")

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A response to a 2018 post however this ‘fix’ might still be relevant to others searching for options for fixing a loose stainless steel sleeve (mine caused by the plastic body warped/deformed by heat, crazy right?). A cheap Euro 1 clamp over where the body and sleeve meet seems to hold and align the sleeve with the body, and the impeller not longer knocks against the sleeve. ref. pic

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