Plastic action parts

[Thomas D. Seay, III]

>I have been fortunate to not have to do any serious work on Kawai or Tokai
>pianos with ABS plastic parts.  Now there is a good possibility that I'll
>have to repin the jacks on one for an outside customer.  If I use a larger
>pin in the jack do I run a good risk of cracking it?  I have the feeling
>the ABS plastic is not as forgiving of oversized pins as wood.
>
>If anyone has had to do this I'd love to gain from your experience.
>
>dave porritt

Why couldn't you just repin the parts as if they were teflon and instead of
reaming the bushing, ream the hole in the jack to the proper size with the
same reamers you use for teflon?

Just a suggestion.