BabyBlueSound Posted November 11, 2021 Share Posted November 11, 2021 Hope someone can help me with some advice here. I have replaced my loosey, cheapo machineheads with a nice set of Schallers. However that nut-like ring-thing (highlighted on screenshot, sorry don't know the proper name for that part) was just a tiny bit smaller than the original rings, like 0.3mm according to my digital caliper. The original rings have been a perfectly tight fit, while the new one has just a tiny bit of wiggle room. So I wrapped some masking tape around the rings until it became very hard to push in, and hoped for the best. My hopes were soon crushed by a weird buzz being present, and upon careful listening I found that it is indeed coming from the base of the machine heads. I think it even started to slowly crawl out due to the resonation as I have definitely pushed them all in tightly and now some of them got a tiny bit of room between the headpiece and the metal part. So ok, filling the gap with masking tape is clearly not an option. What should I do? Use some Loctite threadlocker on the metal rings? Put small pieces of bamboo around the inner metal part to stabilise it further? Gorilla glue? A combination of these? Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BabyBlueSound Posted November 11, 2021 Author Share Posted November 11, 2021 Also considering just using the original rings that fit PERFECTLY, and paint them black... Maybe that would be for the best. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stub Mandrel Posted November 11, 2021 Share Posted November 11, 2021 I solved this on a bass neck I was sent with original Squier rings still in place. They were slightly too large for the tuning heads I fitted, and the ones that suited the tuning heads were loose - or three of them were. Solution: I took them out and very carefully aligned the ridges on the rings with the ridges left in the holes by the old tuners. This was surprisingly easy to do, and I felt plenty of resistance. Instead of easily dropping out, they are now nice and secure. No mystery noises. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BabyBlueSound Posted November 18, 2021 Author Share Posted November 18, 2021 I just spraypainted them black in the end. It's not perfect as the paint comes off fairly easy when scratched, but I won't be scratching the rings 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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