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Topic: Help! Need a new pedal rod for a Sho-Bud Maverick. |
Brian Phillips
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Texas, USA
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Posted 6 Dec 2011 2:21 pm |
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Hi guys.
I was trying to adjust the height on my #1 pedal rod today ... It's old, and wouldn't budge. So I tried to used pliers and channel locks, and succeeded in breaking the rod in two.
Going to attempt to fix it with a coat hangar for now, but that's bullshit. I play out consistently. Gotta get this taken care of.
So, I need a new pedal rod. For a Sho-Bud Maverick. Do spare rods exist anywhere?
HELP!
Thanks,
Brian Phillips
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Bill Hankey
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Pittsfield, MA, USA
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Posted 6 Dec 2011 3:16 pm
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Brian,
Visit your nearest hardware store, or a welding shop. Get someome to thread the rod for you. The threaders are also available in hardware stores. They will match up the threads with your broken rod. |
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Michael Yahl
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Troy, Texas!
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Posted 6 Dec 2011 6:36 pm
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Brian, all I need is the length from the threaded end of the rod to the inside of the hook and I'll make you one (or three).
This is the page on my website
http://www.psgparts.com/Rod-Pedal-Rod-Pedal.htm
Michael
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Brian Phillips
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Texas, USA
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Posted 7 Dec 2011 11:35 am
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The threaded part of the rod is stuck inside the ball joint. It broke in two just above the threaded part. So I don't know how to determine the length I need?
Michael - I'll also need a new ball joint. I didn't see any on your site under the Sho-Bud section. Where might I get one?
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Richard Sinkler
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aka: Rusty Strings -- Missoula, Montana
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Posted 7 Dec 2011 11:45 am
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As far as the rod length, just measure one of the un-broken ones.
Michael has the ball joints too. They are in the hardware section.
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Brian Phillips
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Texas, USA
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Posted 7 Dec 2011 11:48 am
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Bill-
If I had someone thread the now-unthreaded end of my broken rod, wouldn't that cause my pedal to sit too high?
(Am I understanding your suggestion correctly?)
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Richard Sinkler
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Posted 7 Dec 2011 11:52 am
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If I had someone thread the now-unthreaded end of my broken rod, wouldn't that cause my pedal to sit too high?
(Am I understanding your suggestion correctly?) |
Yes it will most likely make it sit higher. What Bill was suggesting was to go to a welding shop or hardware store and buy a new length of rod and have it bent and threaded for you to be the same length as your other rods. You would want stainless rod stock. But, it looks like Michael is set up to make exactly what you need, so I would give him the business.
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John Vermeersch
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Minnesota, USA
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Posted 7 Dec 2011 11:57 am Broken rod
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| If it's too short you could cut it back a little more and use a rod coupler [also at hardware store]I think it's 1/4 20 or 1/4 28 threads on them. |
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Richard Sinkler
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aka: Rusty Strings -- Missoula, Montana
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Posted 7 Dec 2011 12:10 pm
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John has a good suggestion too. I think I have even seen the ball joints at places like Ace hardware and maybe Orchard supply. You'll just have one rod that doesn't look the same as the others, but will function perfectly.
I think I would still go to Michael for the parts. If you do anything by yourself, you will need to possibly buy tools on top of the rod stock. You have to thread the rod which requires a die and die holding tool (and stainless is not real easy to thread), and if you buy rod stock, you will have to find a good way to get the bend at the top. I have never found a good easy way to do it. A bending jig is probably what most builders use to bend them. I have tried putting them in a vice and smacking them with a hammer to bend them, but then you have the hammer marks.
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Brian Phillips
From:
Texas, USA
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Posted 7 Dec 2011 12:30 pm
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Got it figured out. Submitted an order to Mr. Yahl.
Thanks for the help, fellas. I 'preciate it.
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Brian Phillips
From:
Texas, USA
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Posted 7 Dec 2011 12:33 pm
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John -
I see from your profile picture that you put a George L in your Maverick. Did you use the 10-string or 12-string pickup? And was it a pain to install? I've only had this Maverick about two years ... never done a PSG pickup switch. Didn't know if the Maverick was especially cantankerous ...
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Bill Moore
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Manchester, Michigan
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Posted 7 Dec 2011 1:56 pm
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| A friend of mine once had to replace a pedal rod on his Maverick. The original rod is 5/32" diameter. It needs to be 5/32" at the hook end, so it will fit in the hole of the puller arm. The rod he got had to be turned down from 3/16" to 5/32" on the hook end before the hook was bent. |
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Richard Sinkler
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aka: Rusty Strings -- Missoula, Montana
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Posted 7 Dec 2011 8:23 pm
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| Got it figured out. Submitted an order to Mr. Yahl. |
Good move. You'll be glad you did.
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