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On a ricky with those closed back grovers, can i remove the backs and oil the tuners if they are stiff?

I had one that fell apart a few years ago and if I remember correctly once they are apart there is no way to hold them together. The gears are probably worn, but you can drop oil through the sides opposite where the key comes out, that has never worked for me in the past though on stiff tuners

so....I cant take them apart? they are permenantly sealed?

I think so, it's been a while though, but you can find them here and there if you look. kind of expensive though.

I had Grovers on my 4001 and the backs came off a little bit. I took the tuners off the bass and clamped them down and they seem to hold so far. But actually they were kind of sloppy so I replaced them with Hipshot Ultralights, I have them on all my basses except the '62 Jazz. Highly recommended.

These tuners are quite easy to repair after they split open. Take them off, reassemble, then use a center punch, even a big old nail, and a hammer to swedge the center of the four pins in the corner. That's what Grover failed to do properly in the first place.

Dear John Hall,
Did you not see my earlier post to you,
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Good John, I put that tuner someplace, I'm going to see if I can put it back together again.

Dear John Hall,
Thank you very much for your reply (by personal email), and my sincere apologies for annoying you with my last petulant postings.

I had previously emailed you about this issue on the 11th June and 20th June and having received no reply I posted here in a fit of pique. It was very rude of me, and churlish given the generous nature of your original offer. You are no doubt a very busy man. I apologise and will follow up every posting and make it clear that I was in the wrong and that my bad manners should not reflect badly on you or on Rickenbacker.

Sincerely, Lee Kear