Kohller And Campbell click

Joseph Alkana jfa19@IDT.NET
Fri, 21 Jan 2000 17:15:38 -0800



Phil Bondi wrote:

> Hi all.
>
> I have on my hands a noisy action - it clicks just as the key comes to rest on
> the back rail cloth.
>
> What has been done in the past to this action(grand) was all the Jack Buttons
> were changed, and that 'seemed' to make the customer happy for awhile..but now
> she is unhappy again, and the 'click' is back - I needled a couple of buttons,
> but that's not the problem.
>
> any ideas/suggestions for a Rook? .. I'm guessing the Whippen flanges need to be
> re-bushed/re-pinned...?
>
> Rook

Rook,
Check the hammer springs/ hammer spring grooves. Might be the spring is getting hung
up there. Also some spring coils do weird things too when they compress and
uncompress. Take your needle nose pliers and tighten up the coils a bit to see if
the noise changes.

Joseph Alkana   RPT



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