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Topic: Stickey A pedal |
Dean Edwards
From:
Naples,FL & Natrona Hts, PA
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Posted 8 Mar 2005 4:08 pm |
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I have a Deckley S-10 3 & 4, with an A pedal that is hard to push. It seems to push easily, but then hard to get the full movement.
Everything else works smoothly.
Any suggestions??
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Sonny Priddy
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Elizabethtown, Kentucky, USA, R.I.P.
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Posted 8 Mar 2005 4:41 pm
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Check Your Pedal Stop May Need Backing off Some. SONNY.
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Bob Carlucci
From:
Candor, New York, USA
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Posted 8 Mar 2005 5:45 pm
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What I would start with IF everything is lubed and sliding nicely,is making sure of your string gauges on both B strings... I use 017 and 038 respectively... I would loosen one of the B strings, try the pedal, retune it and then loosen the other to see if the problem goes away when either one of the B strings is loose...
It could be a lack of lube somewhere in the pull chain,wrong string gauge,pedal stop out of whack, binding in the changer.. while you are at it, check to make sure the roller nut is moving nicely too...bob |
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Dean Edwards
From:
Naples,FL & Natrona Hts, PA
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Posted 9 Mar 2005 1:38 pm
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Thanks for responding , guys.
Every litle bit seems to help.
I'm gaining on it. I can live with it the way it is: I just have to step a little harder. Dean |
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David Doggett
From:
Bawl'mer, MD (formerly of MS, Nawluns, Gnashville, Knocksville, Lost Angeles, Bahsten. and Philly)
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Posted 9 Mar 2005 2:13 pm
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| See if the pedal works okay unhooked from the pedal rod. My action once got stiff, and it turned out to be beer and soda spilled over the years on the pedal bar. I washed it and relubed it - what an easy fix. |
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Ray Minich
From:
Bradford, Pa. Frozen Tundra
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Posted 9 Mar 2005 2:32 pm
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Check the nylon bushings on the cross rod for wear, check the brass pull rod bushings for wear, check the finger return springs for correct tension, and check to see if that darned block that the fingers hit is beginning to get notches in it. I had to make me a new one of them.
Dekley S10 Model 001, Dekley S10 Model 000, Emmons SD-10, NV400, plus various sound toys. |
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Dean Edwards
From:
Naples,FL & Natrona Hts, PA
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Posted 11 Mar 2005 11:18 am
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| My problem is solved!!!! |
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Dean Edwards
From:
Naples,FL & Natrona Hts, PA
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Posted 11 Mar 2005 11:25 am
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Thanks to these helpful steelers, my A pedal is smooth and easy.
Most helpful was an e-mail suggestion from Ray Minnich, suggesting that the position of the pull rods in the bell cranks might be causing the harder pull. I moved them closer to the cross rod, and made the A pedal push nice and easy.
Thanks, Dean
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Ray Minich
From:
Bradford, Pa. Frozen Tundra
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