In a message dated 97-05-16 11:06:53 EDT, you write: >A rather common problem around here is upright damper/sustain systems out of >whack, the familiar uneven rise of the line of dampers. After tightening all >relevant hardware (which doesn't usually help much) I regulate it. But I >don't >quite understand why this develops or how to fairly simply solve it other >than >by regulation. > >Removing the rods to see if they're warped might take quite a while; and if >they are, what then, just replace and regulate anyway? Is straightening one >of these rods practical? Or is the problem compression of the felt in the >mounting brackets, which doesn't seem like it could account for all the >out-of-lineness. > >Thanks >Robin Fox > > > Robin: In the few times I have had that problem, I have found that one of the brackets that hold the damper rod is either bent or broken. Sometimes they come that way from the factory. It does take a little time, but that is the only way to fix the problem. Willem Blees RPT St. Louis
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