<!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 6.00.2800.1476" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Terry asked: "<FONT face="Times New = Roman" size=3>Looked at a 1962 Wurly spinet today with the rubber nuts on the = key =<BR>ends. Of course, the rubber was hard and brittle. However, in = this case, =<BR>the rubber seemed to also be fused to both the metal fork thing = on the =<BR>key end as well as the threaded rod that goes to the wippen. I've = =<BR>replaced sets of rubber nuts before, but only when they came off =<BR>reasonably easy. This appears to me to have the potential to be a = time =<BR>consuming nightmare of a job where each fork and each threaded = rod would =<BR>require quite a bit of tedious cleaning of hard rubber before = installing =<BR>and adjusting the new nuts.<BR><BR>Anyone with experience with = this situation have any advice? Thanks."<BR><BR>Terry,</FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV>It's been a few years, but I think how I did it was: Use a soft, = small wire brush wheel on the key forks, to get the "rubber" crud off. Of = course this means having the keys out of the piano.</DIV> <DIV>For the threaded rods, I used a Nut Driver/cordless, (slow speed = one), drill,  to remove the olde ones. Then I ran a Die down the wires of = each one to clean the crud off. (I don't remember what the thread was!) Once = that was done, if I recall, I put some VJ lube on each of the wires and spun the = new "nuts" on with the Nut Driver and cordless drill. I hope that helps, some.<G></DIV> <DIV>Best Regards, </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Joe Garrett, R.P.T.<BR>Captain, Tool Police<BR>Squares R I</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>