<!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 6.00.2719.2200" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>After treating some stubborn wippen = flanges on a Wurlitzer console with little success, I am repinning them. I started = with the top section and then started to reinstall them. After replacing a few, I = was shocked to find that they were still very tight. No, they can't be. If = anything I pinned them a little on the loose side. While moving a wippen up and = down I slowly loosened the screw to find the looser the screw got, the freer = the center felt.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Well its getting late so I will deal = with this tomorrow, but the only thing I can think of off hand is that the flange = and the rail are not mating well and tightening the screw is distorting the = flange and forcing the "legs" together causing binding on the wippen. Does this = sound like a good guess? Anyone run into this? Best cure?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>The irony is that the flanges may not = have needed to be repinned in the first place. When ever I had removed one after = treatment to check it by hand, it usually would not feel too tight. Hmmmm....well = its getting repinned anyway which is still probably best for the long haul, = if I can get rid of the binding problem.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Dave Bunch</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>