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Greg Readling

 

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Post  Posted 27 May 2023 6:57 am    
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Does anyone know where to find or how to reliably fix a brass barrel with spring from a ‘73 Pro I era (brass barrel behind 2 hole puller)? I looked at Michael Yahl’s site and it shows that part as sold out. On one of mine, the spring protrusion is a little short and does not reliably index on the puller—and will spin instead of screw and unscrew the brass barrel. I’m ok trying to fix what I have if it’s doable.

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Mark Perrodin

 

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Tucson Arizona, USA
Post  Posted 27 May 2023 7:27 am     brass barrel
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disassemble the barrel tuner and then carefully sand or file the face of the tuner. you will effectively be making the spring extend further when you reassemble the barrel. there is enough meat on the part to accommodate this modification. you can also chuck the part in a drill which will help you keep it cylindrical. it’ll help if you know how much you need the spring to stick out so eyeball another barrel tuner. you might have to take a couple passes at it to get what you want. good luck.
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Allen Merrell

 

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Georgia, USA
Post  Posted 27 May 2023 7:50 am    
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What Mike said is true, I have done this before. The face side is around .130 thick so their is plenty to work with. Also the face side of the rack can be flattened with file some this will help the spring engage better since the edges are rounded some. You can also wind a spring on a .216 diameter rod.
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Greg Readling

 

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Post  Posted 27 May 2023 9:00 am    
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Thanks guys. This is great info.

Greg
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Gary Spaeth

 

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Wisconsin, USA
Post  Posted 27 May 2023 9:08 am    
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you might be able to wind a new spring from an old guitar string the same gauge as the original spring. stick the string wire in the hole and wrap it around the threads until you have enough spring length.
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Ron Pruter

 

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Arizona, USA
Post  Posted 27 May 2023 12:03 pm    
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A good thing to do also is clean the threads real good with an eye make up brush and solvent of your choice. Let dry and don't lubricate or it will be going out of adjustment all the time.
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Wayne Brown


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Bassano, Alberta, Canada
Post  Posted 27 May 2023 12:04 pm     steel guitar parts
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how many do you need
thanks
wayne
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Jon Light


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Saugerties, NY
Post  Posted 27 May 2023 12:27 pm    
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Wayne -- did you see my inquiry in your thread here (about a different Bud part)?

https://bb.steelguitarforum.com/viewtopic.php?t=390815
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Wayne Brown


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Bassano, Alberta, Canada
Post  Posted 27 May 2023 1:42 pm     steel guitar parts
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Sent you a PM Jon..
Greg I think I have around 89 of those barrels but i'll confirm tomorrow morning
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wayne
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Greg Readling

 

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North Carolina, USA
Post  Posted 27 May 2023 1:48 pm     Barrels
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Wayne, I would love to buy a couple off you if you’d sell.

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