<!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 6.00.2800.1141" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT size=2>to Clyde Hollinger:  That tip I gave about what = worked on my W,N,& G action may not </FONT><FONT size=2> work on = some.  I seem to recall a customer's action where the lost motion compensator = rod was not connected to the hammer rail by that little vertical rod.  = Instead, things were more permanently mounted and the only way to get a wippen = out was to remove the l.m. comp. rod altogether.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>  This could be done only by a.) bending one of = the hooks, similar to removing a hammer rail or, b.) removing an action bracket.  Neither option was really suitable.  The hooks = were like those of a damper-lifter rod, i.e., three facing one way and one = facing the other.  But they were quite a bit thicker than damper = rod hooks and extremely difficult to bend, and I was afraid one might snap off. =   With damper rods, you can unscrew the little mounting hanger, but the = bushings for the l.m.comp. rod were in the action brackets on this particular action.  So I thought of taking off an end action bracket, but then the action wouldn't stand up by itself (I was in the = home, not in my shop with an action cradle).</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>    I forget what the outcome was--I = think I reglued the jack flange or whatever I had to do, with the wippen still = in place.  I do remember puzzling a long time over it and wondering = how they expected anybody to get a wippen out without dismantling the whole = action.  So there's still some question about how to deal with these, or there's = a trick I'm not aware of. --Dave Nereson, RPT, = Denver</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>