<HTML style="FONT-SIZE: x-small; FONT-FAMILY: MS Sans Serif"><HEAD> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.5730.11" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY style="WORD-WRAP: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space"> <DIV> <DIV>Try putting a dab of the grease type protech on it, or vj lube.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Steve</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV></DIV></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt Arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=jmkeaney@comcast.net href="mailto:jmkeaney@comcast.net">Jim Keaney</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To: </B><A title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A></DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> 1/27/2007 1:31:50 PM </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Yamaha Aluminum Rail</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV><FONT size=2>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? <DIV><BR class=khtml-block-placeholder></DIV> <DIV>Thanks<BR> <DIV><SPAN class=Apple-style-span style="WORD-SPACING: 0px; FONT: 12px Helvetica; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); TEXT-INDENT: 0px; WHITE-SPACE: normal; LETTER-SPACING: normal; BORDER-COLLAPSE: separate; border-spacing: 0px 0px; -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -apple-text-size-adjust: auto; orphans: 2; widows: 2"> <DIV>Jim Keaney</DIV> <DIV><BR class=khtml-block-placeholder></DIV><BR class=Apple-interchange-newline></SPAN></DIV><BR></DIV></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>