Hi Jim, I do hope you know the tip about turning the screw the wrong way until you hear or feel a "click" before tightening it. It does take a few seconds longer--but sure is better than having to use an oversize screw. At 04:31 PM 1/27/2007 -0500, you wrote: >Hello Technicians. I was working on a Yamaha console this morning, >replacing three hammer butt flanges whose string spring catch had snapped. >When I was replacing one of the hammer butt flanges into the aluminum rail, >the original screw did not screw in easily. In fact, no matter how I tried >to insert the screw, I could not get the hammer butt flange to tighten. >The screw itself does seem to be slightly bent. Do have any experiences >with his type of problems with aluminum rails?Thanks > Jim Keaney Regards, Don Rose, B.Mus., A.M.U.S., A.MUS., R.P.T. Non calor sed umor est qui nobis incommodat mailto:pianotuna at yahoo.com http://us.geocities.com/drpt1948/ 3004 Grant Rd. REGINA, SK, S4S 5G7 306-539-0716 or 1-888-29t-uner
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