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Adding washers to truss Rod nuts?

Posted: Thu Nov 16, 2023 10:15 am
by kennyhowes
What’s this all about?

And, how does this apply with Ricks? Or, does it? I can’t imagine it would be applicable to pre-1984 rods, but what about after that?

Re: Adding washers to truss Rod nuts?

Posted: Thu Nov 16, 2023 12:54 pm
by jps
What I know of this is that the washer is added to the truss rod nut side of the spacer bar to prevent the nuts from digging into aforementioned spacer bar.

Re: Adding washers to truss Rod nuts?

Posted: Fri Nov 17, 2023 11:01 pm
by kennyhowes
I went digging.

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Re: Adding washers to truss Rod nuts?

Posted: Sat Nov 18, 2023 12:26 pm
by jps
kennyhowes wrote: Fri Nov 17, 2023 11:01 pm I went digging.

viewtopic.php?t=9581
I was thinking about the old-style rods. Yeah, for modern/current rods what John explains is correct. You still want a washer between the nuts at the headstock and the spacer bar to prevent the nuts from chewing up the bar.