<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html;charset=ISO-8859-1"> <title></title> </head> <body text="#000000" bgcolor="#ffffff"> Remembering about Jim Harvey's rule of six, this sounds like a candidate for replacing the whole set.<br> <br> But lacking that, you could try using an excavator, that dental tool that they use for cleaning teeth, for breaking out the old glue.<br> <br> Tom Cole<br> <br> Cy Shuster wrote:<br> <blockquote type="cite" cite="mid010801c4b13c$9b666670$6549a8c0@BUSTER"> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; "> <meta content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2180" name="GENERATOR"> <style></style> <div><font size="2">I've got an old Kimball upright that has a half dozen weak jack springs (the jack moves OK; the spring's just too weak to return it).  Brady's great guide to field repairs says you should pull the action, remove the wippen, and ream out the depression that the spring sits in to remove old glue.</font></div> <div> </div> <div><font size="2">This is one part of an upright action that I've got pretty good access to, as is.  Is there an easier way?</font></div> <div> </div> <div><font size="2">--Cy Shuster--</font></div> <div><font size="2">Bluefield, WV</font></div> <div> </div> </blockquote> </body> </html>