Williams Pedal Steel - Excess Slack Adjustment

[Lee Baucum]

I have a wonderful little Williams 400 Series, Keyless S-10.

Tell me, how do you adjust the excess slack out of the reversing knee-levers? I see a threaded rod that runs from the knee-lever over to the cross rod.
There is a small nut that seems to be locking the threaded rod in place. I have loosened the small nut; but, I don't see any way to take up the excess slack.
I thought maybe the threaded rod would turn after loosening the small lock nut, but it doesn't.

What am I missing?

[Dennis Andreatta]

Lee didn't know if you had this number from Williams website. I've called them before very helpful...
Phone: (763) 753-8645

[Lee Baucum]

Thanks, Dennis. I sent them an email a few days ago; but, haven't received a reply. It's not an emergency and I hate to take them away from more important activities, like building guitars!

They will eventually answer my email. I just thought someone here on the Forum might have the information I need.

[Paul Pederson]

Lee,
Check your spam folder. That’s where Bill’s replies to me ended up, and I thought he was ignoring me!

[Lee Baucum]

Lee,
Check your spam folder. That’s where Bill’s replies to me ended up, and I thought he was ignoring me!

Paul - I sent another email and he replied almost immediately. My first one is probably still floating around in email-land.

Turns out, the threaded rod has nothing to do with slack adjustment. He is mailing me a couple of his regular slack adjusters for those two knee-levers.

This is a great little keyless S-10 (not SD-10) that fits in a case that is about the size of a tenor saxophone case. Small guitar, big sound.