Yamaha pedal pivot

[Dean May]

I've used JB Weld with success. You can pick it up at any Auto Parts
supplier.

Dean

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-----Original Message-----
From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf
Of Ron Nossaman
Sent: Wednesday, April 30, 2008 11:01 PM
To: Pianotech List
Subject: Re: Yamaha pedal pivot


> I just serviced a 20 year old Yamaha C7 where the sustain pedal was 
> clicking badly whenever my foot touched it. I've encountered this before 
> and had discovered that the nylon pivot pin bushings can be the cause of 
> this symptom, but in this case the bushings were fine. The hole in the 
> pedal itself was badly worn (hour-glassed) and the pin quite loose. Has 
> anyone ever seen this before? My first thought was to just replace the 
> pedals, but I was wondering about maybe epoxying the pin in place. Any 
> thoughts?
> 
> - Mark Dierauf

I'd consider two possibilities. Either braze the hole down, 
re-drill and pin, or JB Weld. I'd also wonder what could have 
possibly accounted for the pin being loose in the first place. 
I've seen this before, and have yet to account for it in any 
way other than it not having been installed minimally 
competently at birth.
Ron N