Bridge Pup higher than fretboard, won't go lower.

[RapierSix]

So I had Dimarzio Model J's installed in my fender.

-These are taller pups than the stock ones.
- There is some wire running from the electronics and soldered (Some sort of ground wire I think) to a leg, the leg is screwed into the body via a screw, under the bridge pup.
- The leg and screw make the pup higher than the fretboard creating a clanging sound when strings hit the magnets.
- Cannot tighten the screws any more because of high chance of stripping, the pickup has a "Lump" from the stress, and wood creaking.

What can I do to get the pup lower?
-I have tried free floating the leg inside the cavity and putting foam over it to no avail... Does it need to be screwed down, like there is some sort of connection at the bottom of the screw's hole.
-I was thinking I could break the solder, pull the wire out into the electronics cavity, and put a rubber washer on the neck pups "ground" wire/leg and screw them down stacked... Does this wire need to have it's own anchor or can it share one?
-Or I could move the wire so that it pokes out of the pup cavity and just let it hang out slightly with the pup installed.

[raytsmith]

Hard to say without seeing what is going on, but I'd suggest taking off the control plate and track this wire to see what it is. It is most likely a ground, and you could probably pull it back into the control cavity and ground it there.
It the pickup ground wire isn't long enough to go into the control cavity, you could solder a jumper to it so it can reach where it needs to go to get a ground.
Other than that, you might have to remove the pickup and wires and then make the pickup cavity deeper. If you put the screw back in , you'd need to be carefull not to run it through the back off the bass.

[RapierSix]

So would it be just fine if I were to break the solder, pull it back into the electronics cavity where it originates from, put some tape on the end and call it good? Or does it need to be screwed down to some metal?

This "ground" wire originates from the midrange knob (last of the knobs), there is another "ground" wire that originates from the volume knob (First of the knobs) so I think it has to do with a complete circuit type thing.

[saxofunk]

Could it be grounding the shielding? There's no need it needs to be attached with a big screw, may a low-prfile drop of solder would work.

Pictures?

[Mr.Bassie720]

When you say that you had Dimarzio model Js installed. Do you mean by your local guitar repair place? If so then it is up to them to make sure that they are installed properly if this means some custom work then that is what they need to do.

[RapierSix]

I feel ashamed that it was a "luthier/guitar tech" that worked at but was not affiliated with Guitar Center.

I still have the receipt but it's been over 14days (Their return policy is 14 days).

Also I thought it would be some "bonding" with my bass and learn a little on how to be my own handy man.