Search found 3 matches

by cannongoose
Sat Apr 13, 2024 12:19 pm
Forum: "Vibrola" Rickenbacker Technical Forum: By Paul Wilczynski
Topic: Truss Rod help needed
Replies: 4
Views: 6214

Re: Truss Rod help needed

One more question-

Is it important to make sure the bend, or curve of the truss rod is going a particular way within the cavity? And if so, how can I control or manipulate that? I can't really tell which way it might be bending now since it's been spun a bunch now.
by cannongoose
Sat Apr 13, 2024 12:15 pm
Forum: "Vibrola" Rickenbacker Technical Forum: By Paul Wilczynski
Topic: Truss Rod help needed
Replies: 4
Views: 6214

Re: Truss Rod help needed

Wow, thank you for all the info and the link to your other thread!

I've got a friend helping me, and we made some progress after he ground down the outside walls on an 11/32 socket so it was thin walled enough to get the lock washer on at the heel end and then we were able to hold it in place and ...
by cannongoose
Fri Apr 05, 2024 8:31 pm
Forum: "Vibrola" Rickenbacker Technical Forum: By Paul Wilczynski
Topic: Truss Rod help needed
Replies: 4
Views: 6214

Truss Rod help needed

Hi. I have a 330, purchased new less than two years ago.

I went to adjust the truss rods for the first time. Started out by loosening them to find the zero point. One operated just fine.

The other, the adjustment nut is seized in place, and the whole rod spins when I turn it.

I removed the ...

Go to advanced search