Replacing upright jack springs

Thomas Cole tcole@cruzio.com
Wed, 13 Oct 2004 12:50:09 -0700


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Remembering about Jim Harvey's rule of six, this sounds like a candidate 
for replacing the whole set.

But lacking that, you could try using an excavator, that dental tool 
that they use for cleaning teeth, for breaking out the old glue.

Tom Cole

Cy Shuster wrote:

> I've got an old Kimball upright that has a half dozen weak jack 
> springs (the jack moves OK; the spring's just too weak to return it).  
> Brady's great guide to field repairs says you should pull the action, 
> remove the wippen, and ream out the depression that the spring sits in 
> to remove old glue.
>  
> This is one part of an upright action that I've got pretty good access 
> to, as is.  Is there an easier way?
>  
> --Cy Shuster--
> Bluefield, WV
>  


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