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<DIV>Well, I guess I spoke too soon. I won the fight. In a
nutshell....when all else failes, get a bigger pair of vice grips. =
Anyway,
I had filed the 2 sides of the pin, hoping to get a wrench or tuning =
hammer on
it. I couldn't file straight and tapered enough to get it to =
work. I
wanted to use Vice Grips but due to the plate rise where the bass =
strings
terminate, I couldn't come in with a sideways bite. I opted for a =
bite
from the top. All it would do was bend them. I =
even added
a wrench to no avail. I then grabbed the pin from the sides =
with the
vice grips, raising them up just higher enough to clear the plate rise =
and I had
them on the absolute tightest setting that I could get it on. =
The pin
bent from torque but finally budged just a hair. Due to the =
other
pins and strings, I couldn't get it any further. Finally, I ended =
up
unstrung the bass section and removing all of my new
pins...darnit. This enabled me to turn the =
pin
360 degrees without changing bites. It finally came =
out.
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<DIV>Well, I won the fight with only a few plate scratches from =
filing.
I'll have to cover them tomorrow. If the pin hadn't =
left the
1/4 inch protruding above the plate, I don't know what I would have
done. I would think that anytime a pin breaks it will break =
at the
hole, but frankly, I've had only 1 break and cannot speak from much
experience. Hopefully, I'll never go down that road
again. </DIV>
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<DIV>My computer and digital camera aren't speaking to each other =
now or
I'd email some photos. I'll see if I can borrow one. =
This was a
new experience for me. </DIV>
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<DIV>Ron Shiflet</DIV></BODY></HTML>