<!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 6.00.2800.1400" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></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"> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi all,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I was wondering what your favorite = methods were of dealing with grand damper stop rails that have been tightened so = much that the wood has been crushed by the screws, making any fine adjustment, well.....impossible.   What have you done?  Just = replace them (sigh) or would gluing in some sort of shim or filler do the = job?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Thanks,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Barbara Richmond, RPT</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>    </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Barbara,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>    Ditto to the = washer idea--A fender washer might be the best choice and perhaps a nylon washer = would eliminate the possibility of a buzz down the road.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>    Tom Driscoll</FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>