I've got a vibrato scanner that absolutely will not come apart. I hate like hell to shove a thin screwdriver in there and pry it apart, but might have to. Anyone have any tricks up their sleeves?
Thanks in advance,
Bruce
Over the years: Hammond M3, BC, M102, B3, four X77s and three PR-40s, a Thomas Electra and a Celebrity, three Fender Rhodes, Roland HS-10, HP-2000, HP-600, RD-600, JV-880, a thing made by Korg (?), two Leslie 910s, 122, 257, 258, 247, two 142s, and three custom-built Leslies. Wow, way too much money spent!
In those stubborn cases I hold the "outer can" with my fingers while pressing on the yellow metal parts of the rotor with my thumbs. As always, don't bend the pin etc etc and so on.
Current organs: AV, M-3, A-100
Current Leslies: 22H, 122, 770
Jesus,Enor! Next time could you reply a little quicker? (Grin). I've actually tried that and am just afraid of cracking or damaging the gear mechanism. I considered heating up the cover a little to get it to expand, but from previous experience I know that it doesn't take much to melt the welded joints on the scanner plates. I'll keep at it. Thanks!
Over the years: Hammond M3, BC, M102, B3, four X77s and three PR-40s, a Thomas Electra and a Celebrity, three Fender Rhodes, Roland HS-10, HP-2000, HP-600, RD-600, JV-880, a thing made by Korg (?), two Leslie 910s, 122, 257, 258, 247, two 142s, and three custom-built Leslies. Wow, way too much money spent!
I have a piece of plywood with three holes drilled in it for difficult scanners. I attach the scanner to the board and then use another wood block to go around the edge and gently pry it up with a large-blade screwdriver.
Jigs are always a time saver when repeating a procedure that has difficult fasteners or fittings to deal with.
A 1/2" drive 22mm(deep) socket makes a great Leslie idler pulley bearing 'puller'!
Also have a Leslie motor stack jig for speed change issues...manual lift jigs....basically anything that's a PITA to repeat.
The string/sock over bass pedal wires bundle is also a good thing to know when rebuilding.
There's another to add,thanks to David!
Going to make me one of those.
A jig to pull frozen generator pickup magnet rods might be a good idea?
I've gone a week or more waiting for penetrant to work and still encounter difficulty.Heat/cooling sometimes helps this.
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