Siezed regulating screws

[Michael Gamble]

Hello Thump and List
A good wheeze! "CLP the screw first." CLP having just got this far - to date
the UK's been CLP-less - I'll give it a go! Having said all that I have
never singed or scorched an action rail using the soldering iron... yet!
Regards from a sunny evening in The Village.
Michael G.(UK)

-----Original Message-----
From: gordon stelter [mailto:lclgcnp@yahoo.com] 
Sent: 13 September 2005 16:45
To: Pianotech
Subject: Re:Siezed regulating screws

Before scorching the wood, I recommend  trying a tiny
drop of center pin lube, first.
     Thump

--- Michael Gamble <michael@gambles.fsnet.co.uk>
wrote:

> Hello David N and List
> I have never had any failures with loosening a
> setoff or letoff screw when
> using a small wattage soldering iron - such as used
> in the electronic
> scenario. In uprights I sometimes take out the rail
> and do the whole lot in
> one session. Sometimes there are several short rails
> - but the same approach
> applies. Apply the tip of the small soldering iron
> to the ring of the screw
> - hold it there for some time - go on to the next
> screw and while that is
> heating up your spare hand is twizzling the heated
> screw with a setoff tool.
> I'm afraid I'm rather old fashioned in-as-much as I
> only have the tool which
> completely covers the ring. This is no bad thing,
> actually, because that
> tool gets pretty hot and aids the loosening process
> - and it doesn't slip
> off the ring.
> Regards from an Ashes winning England. Huzzah!
> (cricket)
> Michael
> 
> 
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