In a message dated 8/29/00 6:25:27 AM Central Daylight Time, gharvey@netsource.co.nz writes: << I'm currently installing a new action stack into an old German grand and have reached a point where I am ready to install the new backchecks. I have two questions, How should I determine the final height once installed? How do you actually push them in? These are new Renner checks installed on new wires which have a splined section for fitting into the key. I figured I could push them in using a jig setup in the drill press. >> Greame. I guess I'll have to say it again: Fly me down there, and I'll show you. :) To remove and install back checks, with wires, I find it works best if you put the key in a vice. Remove the wire with a pair of side cutters, but use a small block of wood as the fulcrum point, instead of the key itself. This will pull the wire out much easier and it won't elongate the hole. . To install the new backcheck, I use a soft face hammer to gently tap the new wire back in. As far as height, measure the old one, and use a jig of some sort, (a hammershank with a line on it) to determine the correct height of the new one. Willem
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