<HTML><BODY BGCOLOR="#ffffff">In a message dated 12/4/04 12:24:35 P= M Pacific Standard Time, spalding48@earthlink.net writes: <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-= LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">Tuned a Weber WG-50 yesterd= ay, ca. 1992, which appears to be developing growing action bracket syndrome= .  Several notes starting to block, and the end brackets are very tight= in the little pocket that locate them fore-and-aft in the keyframe.   Also had a jack fail during tuning - that finger joint where the tender = is attached came apart after a hard test blow.  It appeared to have ver= y little glue on it.  I understand that if a note is just barely blocki= ng, and you give it a good hard test blow, that could put a lot of strain on= the tender and might cause a healthy one to fail.  but I also have a v= ague recollection of hearing that a certain Asian manufacturer had a problem= with starved glue joints in this area.  So, what do you think?  W= hen I approach Weber for the new bracket job, should I also go for breaking = and regluing all the jack tender glue joints?  Or is it a good bet that= , once properly regulated, the jacks will survive as is? </BLOCKQUOTE> Mike, I just completed an action bracket job the other day on a Weber WG 60, c= irca 1996, I believe.  NO problems with the jacks, though I have seen f= ailures in upright Weber jacks on numerous occasions. Contact Chad Frye at (201) 902-0920.  He is a contact for Samsung a= nd Meadowlands Music who handles Weber warranty issues.  He does it ver= y part time, so be patient in awaiting a response.  It took me over 5 m= onths to get replacement brackets, but that was in part due to inavailabilit= y during Young Chang's changes. As far as the jacks, check the warranty and make sure even the brackets = and labor involved replacing them are covered.  Didn't they have 10 yea= r warrantys....:-(  ? Good luck on this, Dave Stahl </HTML>