seized regulating screws

[David Ilvedson]

Also you have to use the newer regulating tools.   The old, one slot regulators should be tossed in the trash...

David I.



----- Original message ----------------------------------------
From: "Paul Chick \(Earthlink\)" <tune4@earthlink.net>
To: dnereson@4dv.net, Pianotech <pianotech@ptg.org>
Received: 9/12/2005 9:18:40 AM
Subject: RE: seized regulating screws



>Subject: seized regulating screws


>Protek doesn't help.  Heating with a soldering iron or butane torch doesn't
>help.  Has
>anybody tried WD-40 or some rust dissolver like Aero-Kroil?  Do you just 
>have to make a whole new rail? 
>    --David Nereson, RPT

>Dave
>I haven't hit a seized screw yet that won't yield to heat. Use a 30- 40 watt
>soldering iron, the pencil type.  Reshape the tip if necessary, and be
>patient with the first ones.  Watch your time so you can gauge how much/long
>you need to keep heating the screw(s). Twist back and forth to clear the
>junk on the threads.

>Paul C


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