Hi Mark, Sand the frame clean, burnish with paraffin wax, clean the spring. Remove spring screws, and use a felt balance rail punching to act as a washer. this will ensure that the noise is not coming from the spring and screws. Hope this helps. Roger At 08:54 PM 21/11/00 -0600, you wrote: >Hello all, > >Today I managed to find the elusive source of shift-pedal squeeks and groans >in a B, and with careful effort and attention actually made it worse! > >Once I had determined the cause (spring against (wooden) key frame), I >carefully sanded the side smooth, applied a generous coat of DAG, and >burnished with a cloth. > >It worked instantly, and lasted about 3 minutes! Once the DAG was well >burnished, it began to groan as before, but louder! And now, in addition to >the fundamental, there were additional squeeks a major 3rd above and major >2nd below!? > >At a loss, I worked teflon powder into the graphite and with vigorous use, >the noise has not returned. Tefloning and testing the two contact points of >the spring seperately helped verify the source, as one "note" of the >non-musical "interval" disappeared with the first treatment, then the >remaining two. > >I fear this remedy will not last though, so what is your favourite tried & >true, long-lasting, never-fail, method? > >Thanks for your suggestions, > >Mark Cramer, >Brandon University > Roger Jolly Saskatoon, Canada. 306-665-0213 Fax 652-0505
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