kadium wrote:ok so the long shaft thing that goes into the pot came out of it and the knob im guessing is glued to the shaft piece thats why it wasnt removable. i was able to put the two pieces back together but theyre still loose and move around.
It could have been a very tight fit. You can probably see why now, as if it's not a tight fit it can move around a bit, and it's annoying if you try to turn a knob but the pot underneath isn't turning with it.
I was once told that holding a lit lighter on the shaft for a while to heat it up, then quickly sticking the knob back on was a good way of getting a tight fit as the nob will melt to the shaft, but I doubt that this works, as the heat will expand the shaft, which will then contract as it cools down, so that it's smaller than the space you've just made for it. Also you might damage the pot somehow.
kadium wrote:ok so the long shaft thing that goes into the pot came out of it and the knob im guessing is glued to the shaft piece thats why it wasnt removable. i was able to put the two pieces back together but theyre still loose and move around.
It could have been a very tight fit. You can probably see why now, as if it's not a tight fit it can move around a bit, and it's annoying if you try to turn a knob but the pot underneath isn't turning with it.
I was once told that holding a lit lighter on the shaft for a while to heat it up, then quickly sticking the knob back on was a good way of getting a tight fit as the nob will melt to the shaft, but I doubt that this works, as the heat will expand the shaft, which will then contract as it cools down, so that it's smaller than the space you've just made for it. Also you might damage the pot somehow.
thanks for the help dude. it always been loose from the day i got it.
i will make an upgrade to the knobs with screws soon.
Noob is noob. If you haven't encountered something, you still need to know.
I have seen on several sites where people advise to glue the knobs down in the cases of no grub screws. I don't think I have ever done it. Heat is another option for removal--if it's the right glue. But in many cases, the better idea is to take the pot out of the guitar and try turning the knob to break the glue seal. If they used too much glue, it's a fucked pot anyhow. If so, don't risk scratching the guitar. If you can, replace them with teh proper replacements. If you can't solder yet, leave it alone or have someone else do the fix.
I just had to pry some superglued knobs off of my '65 Mustang. Who does that kind of crap? I took a pair of pliers and opened them up w/ the handles on either side of the knobs (rubber coated handles). I then took two screwdrivers and pried up - using the plier handles as fulcrums - and the screw drivers as levers.
It worked like a charm. Pying on just one side was not doing the job at all.
Just for future reference, for anyone who reads through this tread w/ the same question...
Dice wrote:I just had to pry some superglued knobs off of my '65 Mustang. Who does that kind of crap? I took a pair of pliers and opened them up w/ the handles on either side of the knobs (rubber coated handles). I then took two screwdrivers and pried up - using the plier handles as fulcrums - and the screw drivers as levers.
It worked like a charm. Pying on just one side was not doing the job at all.
Just for future reference, for anyone who reads through this tread w/ the same question...
Dice wrote:I just had to pry some superglued knobs off of my '65 Mustang. Who does that kind of crap? I took a pair of pliers and opened them up w/ the handles on either side of the knobs (rubber coated handles). I then took two screwdrivers and pried up - using the plier handles as fulcrums - and the screw drivers as levers.
It worked like a charm. Pying on just one side was not doing the job at all.
Just for future reference, for anyone who reads through this tread w/ the same question...
yeah its retarded for someone to glue down knobs.
Yeah, I don't get it either. Fender has this great pot design - set screw for knobs, easy to put on take off (unlike Gibson w/ their split shaft garbage which gets loose, breaks, etc.).
