<HTML><HTML> lclgcnp@yahoo.com writes: <BLOCKQUOTE CITE STYLE="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px" TYPE="CITE">Its' just wretched to play on. </BLOCKQUOTE> If you'll let us all know the downweight and upweight, you'll get some more helpful suggestions.  A sluggish and/or heavy action is pretty much always going to be caused by (a) (excessive) friction, (b) (excessive) mass, or (c) geometry.  Assuming that the "wretched" action you're describing is caused by high downweight and low upweight (the worst of both worlds!), it's either friction or geometry.  Regulation issues aside, with a '74 L, I'd first suspect friction. Remove the action and determine how much friction's in the hammer flange (for starters) with a "swing test" (presuming that you don't have a friction gauge).  Hold the hammer / flange assembly by the flange (with the flange straight up and down).  See how many times the hammer will swing back and forth, releasing it from the highest point in it's pendulum swing.  If it swings 5 to 7 times, the Teflon bushings aren't so much the culprit and replacing them isn't going to yield that big of a result. More info, por favor! Jim Wilson, RPT L.A. Chapter </HTML>