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09-19-2011, 06:53 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Montreal | | | Removing a screw
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Hey fellow tber's,
I got a problem. I recently purchased a thunderbird goth and as i do with every guitar/bass i purchase when i change the strings, i take the neck off even though there's nothing interesting i like to see it for some odd reason.
Anyway getting back to my problem, while i was bolting it back on, one of the screw heads broke and the screw is jammed inside of the body and neck.
*My question is: How do i get it out without damaging wood? Do i really need to take it to a repair man or can it easily be done at home with the right tools.? |
09-19-2011, 07:08 AM
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09-19-2011, 07:23 AM
|  | Signed, Sealed, Delivered | | Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: NY & MA | | | If you remove the remaining screws, can you take the neck off, revealing the broken screw sticking out of the neck? If that's the case, then just take a pair of ViseGrips, tighten around remaining broken screw and gently/carefully extract it. If the screw is broken off inside the wood of the neck, I'd drill it out. Using a drill press, of course. |
09-19-2011, 07:36 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Montreal | | | @slowgypsy, no unfortunately i cant remove the neck from the body even after all the other screws are out. if that was the case id remove the screw in a jiffy!!!
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09-19-2011, 05:58 PM
| | Signed, Sealed, Delivered | | Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: NY & MA | | | With all the bolt on necks I've encountered, the hole through the body is generally one large enough that the threads of the screw don't really engage. The hole in the neck is certainly a proper size that allows the screw threads to fully engage. That said, it's possible, probable even, that the broken screw is sort of but not really engaging the hole in the body. Is it possible to gently but firmly pry the neck off the body? I realize it'll seem like it's firmly screwed on, but it probably isn't. If you don't feel comfortable trying this, then by all means, take it to luthier/repair person to make it right. |
09-19-2011, 06:05 PM
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Originally Posted by Andii Syckz Hey fellow tber's,
I got a problem. I recently purchased a thunderbird goth and as i do with every guitar/bass i purchase when i change the strings, i take the neck off even though there's nothing interesting i like to see it for some odd reason.
Anyway getting back to my problem, while i was bolting it back on, one of the screw heads broke and the screw is jammed inside of the body and neck.
*My question is: How do i get it out without damaging wood? Do i really need to take it to a repair man or can it easily be done at home with the right tools.? | Go to the Lee Valley site ( Lee Valley Tools) and look for screw extractors. They're in Canada and their customer service is outstanding. Once you get it out, use a wooden plug of the same wood specie, glue it in place, cut it flush, sand it smooth, coat it with some kind of finish and (if it was mine), use a new set of screws. Drill the new hole last and lube all of the screws with wax. Bee's wax works very well and you should be able to get that from Lee Valley, too. |
09-19-2011, 10:19 PM
|  | <---Shinola Shite--^ | | Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Manitoba, Canada | | | The epi tbirds do not have the body drilled. the factory drills pilot holes, clamp the neck on and screw it. So, his screw is threaded into body and neck.
Andii, this is not the ideal setup. Solution: it is best that the screws thread into the neck only. So, take one screw to a hobby shop and find some brass tube it will slide into with no or little slop. Cut a piece of tube 3 inches, 75mm long. File some notches across one end of it so it looks like it has teeth. This is now a self guiding bit.
Measure the thickness of the body and mark your bit with tape. Insert your new 'bit' into a drill. Drill slowly into the body so that the screw guides the bit, the screw is inside the tube, until the tape depth is reached. The neck will now come off. Remove the screw with vicegrips
Find a drill bit just a little bigger than the screws and drill out all four holes in the BODY only so the,screws will pass through. Attach your neck and you are done. No refinishing or plugging holes, but just make sure your strings line up nicely on the fretboard before you tighten the screws. And don't get crazy tightening them, when the screwdriver head begins slipping up out of the socket, its tight enough. Otherwise you may break another screw.
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