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08-14-2011, 06:42 AM
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I've got dunlop straplocks on my sb5000. One of the strap buttons was loose,but it wouldn't tighten. I took the button off and tried it, and it wouldn't tighten. I really don't want to try a bigger screw. What are my other options? |
08-14-2011, 07:01 AM
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08-14-2011, 07:31 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Fareham, England | | | glue a split cocktail stick in the hole and leave it to dry. Then simply put the screw back in.
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08-14-2011, 07:34 AM
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Originally Posted by TomA1234  glue a split cocktail stick in the hole and leave it to dry. Then simply put the screw back in. | +1
i have had to do this with multiple basses. just snap a toothpick off in the screw hole with a little glue, let it dry and put the screw back in works fine. my warwick thumb has had a toothpick in it for like 5 years now
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08-14-2011, 07:37 AM
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Originally Posted by TomA1234 glue a split cocktail stick in the hole and leave it to dry. Then simply put the screw back in. | +1. Be sure to trim off the little cellophane tassle first.
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08-14-2011, 08:51 AM
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08-14-2011, 11:34 AM
|  | <---Shinola Shite--^ | | Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Manitoba, Canada | | | It will work. You don't have to wait for the glue to dry, the toothpick will make the hole snug enough that it will not pull out or loosen. Standard bar gig emergency repair even without glue.
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08-14-2011, 12:32 PM
| | | | "without glue" +1.
I've done this dozens of times.
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08-14-2011, 03:38 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Bellmawr, NJ | | | I typically try to shove as many toothpicks in the hole as i can, and beat them into it with the handle of a screwdriver or something. Then just screw right into the middle of the tooth picks. Basically, your hole is stripped out, so you just need something for the screw to bite into. CA Glue even works if you layer it in there right. |
08-14-2011, 03:45 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Indiana | | | The toothpick worked. Thanks guys. |
08-14-2011, 06:51 PM
| | | | you guys are mostly right.
wooden toothpick and lots of wood glue, but do not let it dry first!
crank the screw in right away. if glue doesn't squeeze out, you didn't use enough glue. if the screw doesn't fully tighten, you didn't use enough toothpick wood.
the whole idea is to use the pressure of the screw to "clamp" the new wood in the hole against the old wood while the glue dries, and to have the whole thing dry in the shape of the needed threads in the wood.
done right, it will be stronger than ever; done wrong, it won't.
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08-15-2011, 01:43 PM
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Originally Posted by TomA1234 glue a split cocktail stick in the hole and leave it to dry. Then simply put the screw back in. | i just had to do the same thing to my los cheapo Squier Jaguar. The Basswood didn't want to hold the screw in my Dunlop Straplock. Worked great.
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08-15-2011, 01:54 PM
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Originally Posted by walterw you guys are mostly right.
wooden toothpick and lots of wood glue, but do not let it dry first!
crank the screw in right away. if glue doesn't squeeze out, you didn't use enough glue. if the screw doesn't fully tighten, you didn't use enough toothpick wood.
the whole idea is to use the pressure of the screw to "clamp" the new wood in the hole against the old wood while the glue dries, and to have the whole thing dry in the shape of the needed threads in the wood.
done right, it will be stronger than ever; done wrong, it won't. | ^That is correct. One note, though, be careful not to overtighten. The wet glue will try to act as a lubricant, to a point.
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