<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.3157" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>I don't know any certain answer to your questions, but I have seen this before. In the few cases I have seen, the pins are getting some sort of black gunk deposited on them. I suggest pulling the pins out of a few of the worst ones to see if this is the case. I also observed that the bushings were rather black also.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>I replaced the flanges in these situations. I was afraid that the black gunk would come right back. I don't know for sure if that would happen, but it seemed likely and worth the small extra expense of simply replacing all the flanges (so that the bushings are replaced also).</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><FONT size=3>Check it out:</FONT>  <IMG alt="" hspace=0 src="cid:000c01c7feb6$7e62b6d0$0201a8c0@DESKTOP" align=baseline border=0></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Terry Farrell</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>The damper underlever flanges in a Korean-made Wurlitzer are freezing up really tight.  Should one re-pin or replace parts?  If repinning is done, will it last?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Wesley Hardman, RPT</FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>