New Wurlitzer's Dampers

[jolly roger]

Hi Clark,
              I start by removing all dampers. Remove underlever tray.
Travel, space and rotate under lever flanges, to make sure the lifters are
plumb and vertical.
Next size the guide bushing with a bridge pin. I heat the bridge pin in a
pin vice and iron the guides.
Then start correctly bending the wires.
Carefully check the  centering of the damper guide rail and check that it
is tight. I have found more than a few that are loose.
The problem is being addressed at the factory level.
regards Roger



At 09:52 PM 2/8/01 -0500, you wrote:
>List,  Can anyone enlighten me as to why every new Wurlitzer Grand I prep
>has leaking dampers, with the heads all leaning to the right in the bass?
> A local guy here said that they do this on purpose, but I can't figure
>out why.  You can stop the bleeding by needling, kind of, but what is the
>fix, besides completely re-bending the damper wires to set them straight?
> They are all over the place as to leaning in the bushings, some this
>way, and some that.
>Clark Sprague
>Detroit-Windsor
>Associate Member
>