Carter-Starter Problem With "E" (RKR) Lever

Donny Dennis · Post by **Donny Dennis** » 30 Sep 2006 3:26 pm

Am having a problem with the "E" (RKR) knee lever on my Carter-Starter. It is supposed to lower the 2nd string to a "D" when I press it but it doesn't seem to be working. Can anyone please tell me from looking at the photo below if something is missing in the mechanism for the "E" lever?
[img=http://img246.imageshack.us/img246/3518/carterstarter002gb0.jpg]

My Carter-Starter is well past the warranty period.

Again, all help is appreciated.

Regards,

Donny

Donny Dennis · Post by **Donny Dennis** » 30 Sep 2006 3:51 pm

Apparently the first attempt to upload the photo didn't work. Here is the second attempt.

Regards,

Donny

Donny Dennis · Post by **Donny Dennis** » 30 Sep 2006 5:40 pm

Please disregard my post above. After watching the video that came with my Carter-Starter I learned that I had loosened the tuning nut too much which caused the "E" lever not to work. After tightening the tuning nut the "E" lever is working again.

Regards,

Donny

Tucker Jackson · Post by **Tucker Jackson** » 30 Sep 2006 5:44 pm

Good news... glad you figured it out.<font size="1" color="#8e236b"><p align="center">[This message was edited by Tucker Jackson on 30 September 2006 at 06:50 PM.]</p></FONT>

Charlie McDonald · Post by **Charlie McDonald** » 1 Oct 2006 4:19 am

Gee Donny, I was all prepped with an answer.
(In short, there was too much space between the lever actuator and the 'bell crank' that it moves. You did it the simplest way. Congrats.
Doing it yourself brings great rewards.)

Donny Dennis · Post by **Donny Dennis** » 1 Oct 2006 11:16 am

Tucker & Charlie,

Thanks for the kind words but I couldn't have figured it out without watching the video two or three times. I am not mechanically minded so I am just glad that I didn't really damage something. This was a learning experience, and it helped me to better understand how a PSG works.

It's steelers' like you that make this forum such a great place to visit, and learn from.

Regards,

Donny

Lee Baucum · Post by **Lee Baucum** » 1 Oct 2006 1:43 pm

Donny, you just got a little bit more "mechanically minded", which is what will happen each time you work on one of these machines.

Lee, from South Texas

Donny Dennis · Post by **Donny Dennis** » 1 Oct 2006 4:45 pm

Lee, thanks for the encouragement. Now, if I can just learn to play the PSG.

Regards,

Donny

John Sluszny · Post by **John Sluszny** » 2 Oct 2006 11:19 am

Donny,I'm just curious,why did you loose
that nut so much???

Donny Dennis · Post by **Donny Dennis** » 2 Oct 2006 11:46 am

John, I am a beginner, and didn't know what I was doing. This was my first attempt at tuning the pedals and knee levers.

Regards,

Donny