How do I reseat trem post holders?

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Okay, I've made a not-so-great discovery about my new (used) Fusion. The holders for both trem posts are totally loose and will pull right out or spin freely. I suspect that a previous owner might have tightened the posts down so hard that the holders started spinning freely. In fact, I can't raise or lower either of them because of this.

So what's the solution? Elmer's Glue? Plastic wood?

Help!

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[Newc]

Re: How do I reseat trem post holders?

I'd go with the Elmer's glue if all they do is spin and don't wobble.

Also, I know that newer OFR inserts are bigger than the recent Jackson inserts by just a hair, so you may be able to drive a pair of those in there instead (never hurts to upgrade the posts anyway).

Newc

[PowerTube]

Re: How do I reseat trem post holders?

Thanks, Newc. They don't have any wobble, so I'll go with Elmer's.
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[Ace]

Re: How do I reseat trem post holders?

If you're feeling REAL cheap, just put some damn chewing gum in there.

[Newc]

Re: How do I reseat trem post holders?

Or wrap the inserts in some very thin tape (teflon tape, Scoth tape), or tear a skinny strip of paper (printer paper) about half as wide as the hole and long enough to wrap under the insert to come halfway up either side of it, lay it over the hole, and push the insert in [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img]

Or if you plan to sell it to someone you really don't like, shoot a wad into the holes [img]graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]

Newc

[Ace]

Re: How do I reseat trem post holders?

Put a little sushi in there for good measure too. And a dead mouse in the control cavity.

[sully]

Re: How do I reseat trem post holders?

Originally posted by Newc:
Or if you plan to sell it to someone you really don't like, shoot a wad into the holes [img]graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">note to self: NEVER take a project guitar off of newc's hands! [img]graemlins/poke.gif[/img]

[Newc]

Re: How do I reseat trem post holders?

Now Sully, I wouldn't do that to you - but just to be safe, if you DO buy any projects, check the chain-of-ownership first [img]graemlins/poke.gif[/img]

Newc

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Re: How do I reseat trem post holders?

Originally posted by Newc:
Or if you plan to sell it to someone you really don't like, shoot a wad into the holes [img]graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]

Newc

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[442w30]

Re: How do I reseat trem post holders?

Tell me if this is bad advice, but in the furniture business, we would use elmers wood glue and stick a couple of wooden toothpicks around the perimeter of a hole if it needed snugging up. Might not be so easy to hide that on the top of a guitar though. Prolly depends on how wallowed out it is.

[PowerTube]

Re: How do I reseat trem post holders?

Originally posted by 442w30:
Tell me if this is bad advice, but in the furniture business, we would use elmers wood glue and stick a couple of wooden toothpicks around the perimeter of a hole if it needed snugging up. Might not be so easy to hide that on the top of a guitar though. Prolly depends on how wallowed out it is.

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">I've heard of this trick, but it's usually suggested for tightening something that's threaded and is screwed in directly. These are the inserts and they push in directly.

Thanks for the suggestion, though.
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[Demon]

Re: How do I reseat trem post holders?

I've had this happen on a couple of my guitars. You have to use 2 part epoxy, no way around it. The stuff that takes 24 hours to set. After that, solid as a ROCK. Just make sure they are in there exactly how you want them before it sets because after the epoxy hardens you aren't getting them out again.

[fett]

Re: How do I reseat trem post holders?

I bot a complete Floyd with posts, I am going to try Loctite Epoxy dough. You knead it and then apply. It seems a lot less messy and easy to plaster. I'll let you know what happens.

[jacksonaxes]

Re: How do I reseat trem post holders?

Don't let that stuff get in the threads of the posts or you will really be screwed.

[Demon]

Re: How do I reseat trem post holders?

Yes that is a very good point that I forot to mention. I put toilet paper inside of the post holders when I was reseating mine in epoxy so the stuff wouldn't get on the threads becasue like jacksonaxes said, you'd be screwed. Because if you didn't have something in there and the epoxy got into the threads you not only probably couldn't get the posts to screw in, you also couldn't get the holders out without sawing around them and taking some wood out too!