Hasn't anyone else come across the gummy plastic broken elbows which can't be cut out of the wippen slot? I've found some in nearly all jobs I've done & still remember my first encounter with same. It did give me an opportunity to use up a lot of the Penistan repair clips I had on hand to repair the wippen sticker slots. After that experience I've only used the complete wood elbow replacement involving action removal and action cradle. If it has plastic wippen flanges they can be replaced at the same time. If not plastic then they can be tightened; damper felts & hammers can also be filed more easily with the action out. Bruce
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