<HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica><FONT SIZE=2>In a message dated 4/11/01 11:49:26 AM Central Daylight Time,
<BR>joegarrett@earthlink.net (Joseph Garrett) writes:
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<BR><BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">IMHO when you shimmed the loose pins, that spread the existing crack in the
<BR>pin block, causing neighbor pins to become loose. You probably exacerbated
<BR>the situation, unknowingly. I've been there. </BLOCKQUOTE>
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<BR>I'd agree with Joe on this one. A much better idea would be to use thick or
<BR>medium viscosity CA glue: Remove the pin, apply some CA glue in the hole and
<BR>a little on the pin itself and drive it back in. It will go in easily and
<BR>for the first minute or two, it will turn very easily as if it had been
<BR>greased. But within a few minutes, it will begin to seize up and you will be
<BR>able to tune normally. The glue will serve to fill gaps that may be in the
<BR>pinblock. Rather than splitting it further apart, the glue may have the
<BR>effect of repairing the weakness.
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<BR>The use of shims is an outdated idea that is of questionable benefit for the
<BR>very reason Joe cited. Before CA glues were available, Epoxies were used but
<BR>the CA glue works even better and faster.
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<BR>Bill Bremmer RPT
<BR>Madison, Wisconsin</FONT></HTML>