Thanks Jim. I'll try to get around to this soon. Thanks again, G --- WilsonianJ at aol.com wrote: > lclgcnp at yahoo.com writes: > > > Its' just wretched to play on. > > > > If you'll let us all know the downweight and > upweight, you'll get some more > helpful suggestions. A sluggish and/or heavy > action is pretty much always > going to be caused by (a) (excessive) friction, (b) > (excessive) mass, or (c) > geometry. Assuming that the "wretched" action > you're describing is caused by > high downweight and low upweight (the worst of both > worlds!), it's either > friction or geometry. Regulation issues aside, > with a '74 L, I'd first suspect > friction. > > Remove the action and determine how much friction's > in the hammer flange (for > starters) with a "swing test" (presuming that you > don't have a friction > gauge). Hold the hammer / flange assembly by the > flange (with the flange straight > up and down). See how many times the hammer will > swing back and forth, > releasing it from the highest point in it's pendulum > swing. If it swings 5 to 7 > times, the Teflon bushings aren't so much the > culprit and replacing them isn't > going to yield that big of a result. > > More info, por favor! > > Jim Wilson, RPT > L.A. Chapter > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Everyone is raving about the all-new Yahoo! Mail beta. http://new.mail.yahoo.com
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