Re: Slack tuners: replace 'em, or no big deal?
Originally Posted by
Tate Ferguson
Mr. Hostetter seems to indicate that, since the strings do eventually take up the slack, I have no problem.
Yeah but... your initial description sounds like you still do, regardless. Since any machine oil cannot be decades old (Paul's polymerization comments), here's another part of what I wrote while you were typing:
A further & simpler possibility: that the screws attaching each cog to its shaft (possibly intended for backlash adjustment) are simply too tight, stopping the cog+shaft from rotating freely.
Hope that helps.
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