Thanks, Tom. I've seen Eric Shandall demonstrate this trick on the shift-pin guide plates in S&S cheek blocks to great effect. In this case however the wear is pretty extreme (~2mm), so I'll be trying Ron's suggestion of J B Weld (I was secretly hoping that somebody would suggest it, Ron). That sounds a lot cheaper than a new set of pedals ;-) - Mark Dierauf Tom Driscoll wrote: > <div class="moz-text-flowed" style="font-family: -moz-fixed">Subject: > 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 > > Mark , > Remove the pedal and the loose pin. With a prick punch and hammer > make a series of dimples all around the hole and as close to the hole > as possible--- on both sides of course. Drive the old pin back (be > sure it is still straight first). > This is an old clock makers trick. > Tom Driscoll > > </div>
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