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Topic: problem with PSG leg |
Chris Tarrow
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Maplewood, NJ
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Posted 8 Dec 2017 10:05 am |
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Guitar is an Emmons Lashley Legrande II, am having an issue where the leg tube comes apart from the threaded plug. My instinct is to use Loctite but wanted to check first, anybody have a good solution? These are not my legs, just grabbed a photo off the forum to show what I'm talking about. So what happens is I screw the leg in but can't get it tight because the tube will start to spin once the threaded plug is in the socket.
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Erv Niehaus
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Litchfield, MN, USA
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Posted 8 Dec 2017 10:21 am
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Take a chisel and rough up the end of the plug where it goes into the leg.
As an added measure, apply some epoxy to the plug and then drive the plug back into the leg.
You should be good to go. 
Erv |
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Ricky Davis
From:
Bertram, Texas USA
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Posted 8 Dec 2017 10:32 am
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Yes I've been using JB Weld for 20 years on many many steels I've restored; almost all of them had a leg insert loose.
Just crack it open; mix your JB Weld; and add inside the crack all the way around....slam it shut; lightly wipe off excess that is now outside of crack...and leave for one day...then you are good to go.
Ricky
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Chris Tarrow
From:
Maplewood, NJ
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Posted 8 Dec 2017 10:40 am
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| Ok thanks guys, I was thinking it was fine to go hard core, but wanted to check I wasn't overlooking something. |
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Tim Russell
From:
Pennsylvania, USA
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Posted 8 Dec 2017 10:59 am
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Be sure to use a wood block to tap against the plug, so as to not smash the threads. 
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Darvin Willhoite
From:
Roxton, Tx. USA
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Posted 8 Dec 2017 8:10 pm
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JB Weld is also great for fixing stripped screw holes in a wood body. Work it down into the hole with a toothpick, drill a new pilot hole and re-install the screw. Works great.
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MSA Millennium, Legend, and Studio Pro, Reese's restored Universal Direction guitar, as well as some older MSAs, several amps, new and old, and a Kemper Powerhead that I am really liking. Recently added a Zum D10, a Mullen RP, and a restored blue Rose, named the "Blue Bird" to the herd. Also, I have acquired and restored the plexiglass D10 MSA Classic again that was built as a demo in the early '70s. I also added a '74 lacquer P/P, with wood necks. |
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Jerry Dragon
From:
Gate City Va.
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Posted 9 Dec 2017 5:46 am
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| Erv Niehaus wrote: |
Take a chisel and rough up the end of the plug where it goes into the leg.
As an added measure, apply some epoxy to the plug and then drive the plug back into the leg.
You should be good to go.
Erv |
I am only adding this because it might be a tad easier than a chisel.
You could also take a nail set or punch and go around it and put a bunch of punch marks in it which will raise the metal around the punch marks and make it a press fit. The more marks, to an extent, the tighter the fit. You could also do it inside the hole in the leg. Then use red locktight or whatever you prefer. I am not a PSG player yet. I am a machinist and do this all the time on oversize holes and undersized pins to change a slip fit to a press fit. Don't booger the thread on the end pressing it in. Put a piece of wood or aluminum between it and whatever you whack it with.
Remember, might want to replace it someday, the tighter the fit the more the pain in the butt to get it out. |
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