Wimblees@AOL.COM writes: > My dad told me he used an umbrella stay. He said you can push it through the > hole with the damper wire still in place. I tried it once and pushed the > bushing out. The old method of using the umbrella stave was to compact the bushing with pressure, which often led to the above negative result. Others have mentioned heating the damper wire from inside the cavity. I don't want to carry a soldering iron, and I don't like hosing the action cavity with heat from a heat gun. After checking to make sure the bushing actually IS tight (wire is not binding against the side of the bushing), the trick is to heat the umbrella stave with a butane lighter, which I do carry, and iron the bushing slightly. Pressure is not necessary. If it's tighter than that, one of the more time-consuming methods is called for anyway. Bob Davis
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