Conrad Hoffsommer wrote: > Friends, romans, klaviertecknicians, > > 1.) I know now how lucky I've been. This past week I was doing some > regulation on a '82 vintage S&S B. Whilst checking it out, I heard a new > (to me) click. It occurred not only on attack, but release. > > This is a hybrid teflon action (made during transition back to cloth, it > got cloth hammer bushings, and leftover teflon repetitions), so teflon > hammerflange bushing couldn't be it. Teflon bushings checked out well. > > Where was the click? Turns out the repetition spring coil was slapping > back and forth inside the post, aided and abetted by the teflon holder. > Teflon, how do I love thee? Let me count the ways... > > Anyway, I haven't done anything to it yet. Will I encounter serious > problems if I try to slip thin cloth balance rail punching(s) in next to > the spring coil? You'll make yer fingers good and sore if you try that. Find yerself some size 18 pins (brass, spotted "rejects" seem to work best...:-) ) and thin flange bushing cloth. Push out the teflon tumbler, push in/pull through the cloth bushing, shove in a pin, snip, cello. Next..... Takes a couple of hours to get through a set. You'll be rid of that annoying, almost surreptitious, maddening click. (I've heard the teflon tumbler/spring combination produce some very annoying squeaks, besides The Click.) *You shouldn't have to pull out the spring to do this, btw. > ***If you receive something that says "Send this to everyone you know", pretend > you don't know me. I like it, I like it! -- Ron Torrella, RPT Ypsilanti, MI ----------------- FreeDSL Information http://www-personal.umich.edu/~torrella/InfoPlease/HereItIs.html
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