OLP Tony Levin - truss rod adjuster replacement?

[tauzero]

A little while ago, I got an OLP Tony Levin. There's a little too much relief on the neck so I decided to adjust it.

 

Being an Allen key adjustment kinda guy, I hadn't paid attention to the truss rod adjuster. Thinking it was an allen key adjustment, I moved the scratchplate to try and get access to the adjuster, but after some struggling and a bit of research on the interwebs, it became obvious that it's a spoke wheel adjuster. Is it possible to get a spoke wheel adjuster that will fit onto the current truss rod, or am I looking at a replacement truss rod or neck?

Edited August 14 by tauzero
Changed title to be more accurate

[tauzero]

I decided to take the bull by the horns and remove the neck, in the hope that I would put it back together within ten years.

 

A 4mm allen key is the right fit for the truss rod end, which is inaccessible with the neck on, so I looked for a spoke wheel adaptor. There was one mentioned on here but it was from the EU (guitarsandwoods.com) and with shipping it came to about £40. More hunting produced one from Grainger Guitar Parts for £8 all in, so that's now ordered.

[Mediocre Polymath]

I looked in my parts bin, as for some reason I kept the truss rod when I binned the neck from my old OLP MM2, but sadly I think I decided "what possible use could anyone have for an old OLP truss rod" and threw it away a few months ago.

 

That said, I remember the spoke wheel being welded on, so perhaps it was a different design.

 

If the adaptor doesn't fit, you can always try pulling the truss rod out and replacing it. They're double action rods in a straight rectangular channel – you can generally pull the out if there's no tension on them.

 

Edited August 14 by Mediocre Polymath

[tauzero]

Thanks, that's worth knowing.

[mcnach]

I've always used whatever could fit in the holes, usually a screwdriver, or an allen key (the long bit).

 

 

[tauzero]

3 hours ago, mcnach said:

I've always used whatever could fit in the holes, usually a screwdriver, or an allen key (the long bit).

 

I don't have any holes for anything to fit in. It's the wheel bit that's missing.

[mcnach]

5 hours ago, tauzero said:

 

I don't have any holes for anything to fit in. It's the wheel bit that's missing.

 

 

oh! I didn't realise that was the problem! dang...

[tauzero]

The Grainger part has been dispatched so hopefully all will be well soon.