Ummmmmmmm? Lean the action against a wall (with a pad to protect wall and keep from sliding) and remove end bracket, and then jack, that way? T --- Clyde Hollinger <cedel@supernet.com> wrote: > Thanks for the addendum, Dave. Your last two > sentences below pretty > well reflect where I come out, at least for some of > these actions. I do > remember now regluing a couple jack flnages with the > action still > intact. That was a little difficult to do, trying > to get the alignment > corrrect, but it sure beat taking everything apart. > Sometimes one has > to realize that, unpleasant though it is, if you > struggle with the > problem long enough you'll eventually get it fixed. > There are the > unfortunate exceptions, of course.... > > Regards, > Clyde > > Dave Nereson wrote: > > > to Clyde Hollinger: That tip I gave about what > worked on my W,N,& G > > action may not work on some. I seem to recall a > customer's action > > where the lost motion compensator rod was not > connected to the hammer > > rail by that little vertical rod. Instead, things > were more > > permanently mounted and the only way to get a > wippen out was to remove > > the l.m. comp. rod altogether. This could be done > only by a.) bending > > one of the hooks, similar to removing a hammer > rail or, b.) removing > > an action bracket. Neither option was really > suitable. The hooks > > were like those of a damper-lifter rod, i.e., > three facing one way and > > one facing the other. But they were quite a bit > thicker than damper > > rod hooks and extremely difficult to bend, and I > was afraid one might > > snap off. With damper rods, you can unscrew the > little mounting > > hanger, but the bushings for the l.m.comp. rod > were in the action > > brackets on this particular action. So I thought > of taking off an end > > action bracket, but then the action wouldn't stand > up by itself (I was > > in the home, not in my shop with an action > cradle). I forget what > > the outcome was--I think I reglued the jack flange > or whatever I had > > to do, with the wippen still in place. I do > remember puzzling a long > > time over it and wondering how they expected > anybody to get a wippen > > out without dismantling the whole action. So > there's still some > > question about how to deal with these, or there's > a trick I'm not > > aware of. --Dave Nereson, RPT, Denver > __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Tax Center - forms, calculators, tips, more http://taxes.yahoo.com/
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