Re: Aluminum Truss Rod Block
Posted: Thu Jan 20, 2011 1:10 pm
Easiest way to get that block out:
1. Loosen both truss rod nuts until there are only 3 or 4 threads left holding them onto the rods.
2. Tap the rods into the neck until the nuts bottom out on the aluminum spacer.
3. Remove the nuts completely and set them aside.
4. Gently tap a small, narrow flat-bladed screwdriver vertically into the joint between the aluminum spacer and the neck rout, in order to wedge open the gap between the two. Rotate the screwdriver in both directions to open the gap.
5. Using a larger needle-nosed pliers, vertically grasp the spacer, and wiggle them while you try to slide it off what remains of the truss rod tips. In extreme cases, you can tap the pliers with a hammer (gently!) to ease the spacer off the rods and out of the rout.
6. Replace the nuts on the rods temporarily.
Remember that the area you are working in is the weakest part of the neck. Don't go banging away like you're framing a barn. Easy does it; feel your way through this process.
If necessary, some sensitivity training should be undertaken prior to anything having to do with old-style truss rods:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sensitivity_training
1. Loosen both truss rod nuts until there are only 3 or 4 threads left holding them onto the rods.
2. Tap the rods into the neck until the nuts bottom out on the aluminum spacer.
3. Remove the nuts completely and set them aside.
4. Gently tap a small, narrow flat-bladed screwdriver vertically into the joint between the aluminum spacer and the neck rout, in order to wedge open the gap between the two. Rotate the screwdriver in both directions to open the gap.
5. Using a larger needle-nosed pliers, vertically grasp the spacer, and wiggle them while you try to slide it off what remains of the truss rod tips. In extreme cases, you can tap the pliers with a hammer (gently!) to ease the spacer off the rods and out of the rout.
6. Replace the nuts on the rods temporarily.
Remember that the area you are working in is the weakest part of the neck. Don't go banging away like you're framing a barn. Easy does it; feel your way through this process.
If necessary, some sensitivity training should be undertaken prior to anything having to do with old-style truss rods:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sensitivity_training
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