lost motion compensator revisited

[gordon stelter]

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
> 


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