| Author |
Topic: How do you get the threaded end out of the guitar leg????? |
Jimmie Martin
From:
Ohio, USA
|
Posted 5 Nov 2009 10:02 pm |
|
I have 2 old guitar tubes that have the threaded end in the old tube. I need to get them out and put them in 2 new tubes that i have. HELP  |
|
|
|
Clyde Mattocks
From:
Kinston, North Carolina, USA
|
Posted 5 Nov 2009 10:24 pm
|
|
Disassemble the leg, take a steel rod slightly longer than the tube you wish to get the plug out of, insert the rod in the tube and drive the plug out.
If the plug is seated extremely tight, you may have to grind a slot down the side of the tube enough to
pry the tube open enough to free the plug. I'm sure
you will get other suggestions.
_________________
LeGrande II, Nash. 112, Fender Twin Tone Master, Session 400, Harlow Dobro, R.Q.Jones Dobro
Last edited by Clyde Mattocks on 5 Nov 2009 10:26 pm; edited 1 time in total |
|
|
|
Jim Palenscar
From:
Oceanside, Calif, USA
|
Posted 5 Nov 2009 10:24 pm
|
|
One way is to get a longer piece of steel (or something really hard)that has less of a diameter than the leg in question, remove the smaller leg insert by 1st removing the adjusting collar then slide your new battering ram up in the leg and smack it on concrete a few times- quite hard-being careful not to get anything in your eyes such as concrete or the slug itself when it comes flying out. To get the new one in, after putting the collar back on and setting it on a piece of wood to protect the collar, smack the top of the slug with a hammer having a stout piece of wood in between the hammer and the slug or the threads will be ruined. A better way is to have a machine shop press the old one out and the new one in but it's not nearly as much fun or as dangerous.  |
|
|
|
Clyde Mattocks
From:
Kinston, North Carolina, USA
|
Posted 5 Nov 2009 10:37 pm
|
|
Jim and I posted at the same time and our methods were similar. I might add one tip in getting the plug in the new tube. Go to the hardware store and get a couple of large nuts the same thread as your plug. One will probably not cover all the threads on your plug, so you may have to use both. (You could shim with washers till you completely cover the threads.) This way the threads are protected. Then follow Jim's directions, using the piece of wood in driving the plug home.
_________________
LeGrande II, Nash. 112, Fender Twin Tone Master, Session 400, Harlow Dobro, R.Q.Jones Dobro |
|
|
|
Jim Palenscar
From:
Oceanside, Calif, USA
|
Posted 5 Nov 2009 10:43 pm
|
|
| The most standard thread size for modern legs is 1/2-13. |
|
|
|
Jimmie Martin
From:
Ohio, USA
|
Posted 5 Nov 2009 10:45 pm plug
|
|
Good ideas guys. I'll see what i can do. Nothing like making a post and hearing from the experts. Thanks guys  |
|
|
|
Jerry Roller
From:
Van Buren, Arkansas USA
|
Posted 6 Nov 2009 7:14 am
|
|
I keep a mechanic's long socket extension in the shop for this purpose. As suggested before, I take the inside tube out and slide the socket extension inside the large tube and usually use it like a pole driver banging the end of the extension on concrete sidewalk to knock the threaded lug out. If I am just wanting to tighten the lug and put it back I cradle the lug in a vice opened about 3/4" and using a chisel I go all around the lug making chiseled lines which act as a knurl, then using the 1/2" carriage nut and a couple of washers to protect the threads, drive the lug back in by striking the carriage nut.
Jerry |
|
|
|
Steve English
From:
Baja, Arizona
|
Posted 6 Nov 2009 8:19 am
|
|
Watch out for the chrome breaking off of the new leg when tapping the threads back in! 
_________________
Always remember you're unique..... Just like everyone else |
|
|
|
Jerry Roller
From:
Van Buren, Arkansas USA
|
Posted 6 Nov 2009 9:01 am
|
|
Steve, you are so right and that is a good post. I don't recall ever having that problem until recently. I don't know what has changed but I had a real problem when I shortened a set of legs, ruined one of them by popping the chrome loose.
Jerry |
|
|
|
Don Brown, Sr.
From:
New Jersey
|
Posted 6 Nov 2009 10:08 am
|
|
If you want to put the old (I talk funny)slugs in new legs, the best way is to put the slugs in the Freezer overnight. The next day, take out one to a time, be quick and it will drop right down into the leg. It will then expand, and be tighter than it will if you were to drive it in.  |
|
|
|
Jim Palenscar
From:
Oceanside, Calif, USA
|
Posted 6 Nov 2009 10:09 am
|
|
| Thanks Don- great idea! |
|
|
|
Steve English
From:
Baja, Arizona
|
Posted 6 Nov 2009 10:35 am
|
|
I love this place!
I'm gonna take one of my spares apart this weekend just to try that Don! 
Great tip!
_________________
Always remember you're unique..... Just like everyone else |
|
|
|
Jimmie Martin
From:
Ohio, USA
|
Posted 6 Nov 2009 5:15 pm legs
|
|
| I took a dremal tool and cut a slot to weaken the old leg and it drove out real easy. Then i used the dremal and a sanding drum and went around it and cleaned it up. I then put both in the freezer for about 30 minutes and took them out 1 at a time and started it in the leg a small bir and then took and old deep well socket that was no good and used it and a framing hammer and drove them right in. I forgot to say i used Vaseline in the tube and around the part. It flared the new leg just a very small amount. I'm good to go. Thanks all of you guys. Jimmie |
|
|
|
Jim Palenscar
From:
Oceanside, Calif, USA
|
Posted 6 Nov 2009 6:26 pm
|
|
| Terrific! |
|
|
|
Ronnie Boettcher
From:
Brunswick Ohio, USA
|
Posted 6 Nov 2009 6:41 pm
|
|
Adding one suggestion. If you hammer the lug into the new leg, wrap the chrome with a few wraps of good plastic tape. It might keep the chrome from chipping off. (electrical)
_________________
Sho-Bud LDG, Martin D28, Ome trilogy 5 string banjo, Ibanez 4-string bass, dobro, fiddle, and a tubal cain. Life Member of AFM local 142 |
|
|
|
Jimmie Martin
From:
Ohio, USA
|
Posted 6 Nov 2009 7:33 pm legs
|
|
| Thats a good idea Ronnie. Now if i ever have to lower legs and rods i can do it myself and save a few bucks. Thanks Jimmie |
|
|
|
