Hi guys. My 74 msa classic is pretty much a brand new 40 year old guitar. I am very lucky to be the owner of it. I just wanted to say first a.hats off to Jim Palenscar for keeping us MSA guys happy with making the parts for these old beauties. I ordered a vl kit and a lkr kit. Very very happy with them thanks Jim.
I do however have a tech question for anyone with experience. My rkl seems to have been bent a little. You know what happens when you go to sit at them and if your not careful. Well this one was bent. I've attached a pic. How is the most painless way to fix it. Is there a.way to pull that little steel pin out or does it have to be drilled? And if drilled you would have to put a bigger one back in its place I assume.
If you have those sorts of hydraulic toys, you might be able to press it out the way it went in.
In a previous discussion, it transpired that those pins are HARD steel. Might prove tougher than your drill bit.
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OK, here's the skinny.
Those roll pins cannot be pressed out as they are in a blind hole.
To drill them, you'd better have a variety of small sizes of cobalt drills and a very rigid and accurate setup to hold both part and drill otherwise it will get ugly real fast.
I suggest that you get a c-clamp, put lots of tape on the pads of the c-clamp, and then just close the clamp over the end of the lever. This should bring the flared end back fairly close to where it should be and if the roll pin holes didn't get elongated, they should hold the thin flange in place.
If it's still exceptionally loose and really bothers you, I have plenty of them in stock.
Yeah your right Micheal. I will contact you soon about a lever. I'm the type of guy that like to keep my gear functioning and looking the way it should.
Ok I will wait and order everything in one shot. Im going to get a few other things as well so right my name down for 2 of those spring kits, a knee lever, and a 7.5 inch up lever.
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Postby John De Maille »
I like Michaels idea of the C- clamp. That lever looks to be aluminum and should return pretty close to what it was with clamping it down. With enough compression, you'll probably make it just as tight as it was before. Just seems like less fuss and worth a try.
You could check with Tom Bradshaw. He has about anything you want for an MSA, and a great man to deal with.
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You could check with Tom Bradshaw. He has about anything you want for an MSA, and a great man to deal with.
Zum U-12, Carter SDU-12, Zum Encore, Emmons S-10, Emmons D-10, Nashville 400, Two Peavey Nashville 112, Boss Katana 100, Ibanez DD700, Almost every Lesson Jeff Newman sold. Washburn Special Edition Guitar, Can never have enough, even at 80. 1963 Original Hofner Bass bought in Germany 1963, and a 1973 Framus Bass also bought in Germany 1974.
If you're handy with tap and die, there's about a 1/4 inch space at the end of the lever that could be drilled and tapped and use a small stainless steel cap screw to pull it together permanently.
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I had the same thing happen to my MSA. The metal was not cracked ...just bent. I took a pair of pliers and squeezed it back together. No problems. Try this before going to the expensive route. Also if the metal is cracked a little JB Weld can fix that,,,,
Larry
