<!doctype html public "-//W3C//DTD W3 HTML//EN"> <html><head><style type="text/css"></style><title>Re: [CAUT] capstans</title></head><body> <div>Hi Dave,</div> <div><br></div> <div>I've had good luck taking out the offending capstans, swabbing the threads in the hole with medium viscosity CA glue, spraying the hole with accelerator, spraying the capstan threads with McLube and reinstalling the capstans. As usual, your mileage may vary.</div> <div><br></div> <div>Tom</div> <div><br></div> <blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Times New Roman">Does anyone have a favorite (easy) way to fix loose capstans?  We have a 6-year-old grand where the capstans are so loose that you can't keep a good hammer line.  Within a week of regulating it several hammers are back down on the rebound felts.  None of the capstans are hard to turn and many are way too loose.  Unfortunately this is from the 5-year-warranty company so I'm on my own with this one.</font></blockquote> <blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Times New Roman"> </font></blockquote> <blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Times New Roman">dave</font></blockquote> <blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Times New Roman"> </font></blockquote> <blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Times New Roman">__________________________</font></blockquote> <blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Times New Roman" size="-1">David M. Porritt, RPT</font></blockquote> <blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Times New Roman" size="-1">Meadows</font><font size="-1"> School of the Arts</font></blockquote> <blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Times New Roman" size="-1">Southern Methodist University</font></blockquote> <blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Times New Roman" size="-1">Dallas</font><font size="-1">, TX 75275</font></blockquote> <blockquote type="cite" cite><a href="mailto:dporritt@smu.edu"><font face="Times New Roman" size="-1">dporritt@smu.edu</font></a></blockquote> <blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Times New Roman"> </font></blockquote> <div><br></div> </body> </html>