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I hate that type of bridge! It's bad guitar design! One of the reasons that you are having so much trouble is that the string slots are not centered between the two height adjustment allen bolts. That puts all the downwards pressure over just one of the allen height bolts, leaving the other one to rattle around and buzz, which is a sustain killer! This is especially true in cases where the strings have a very flat path over the saddles, to the anchor point at the back of the bridge. The only way to improve the situation if possible, is to shim your neck. Remove the neck and insert one of those large "medium fender triangle picks" in the neck cavity, with the point of the pick pointing towards the tuner end of the neck. Re-install your neck mounting screws, tightly, but don't overdo it to the point of grinding the neck plate into the body. This will kick your neck-angle back some. As a result you will now have to raise the saddles allen height adjustment bolts, to get the same action you had before. Hopefully the height adjustment bolts will be long enough. If you are able to do this, the strings will now take a much larger bend or "breaking angle" over the saddles. That will give you more down pressure on each of the saddles, which will should help with your initial problem. It's hard to tell in the pictures but I think boris buubanov is right in saying that the saddles you bought as replacements, are not the correct fit for that bridge. Never buy a guitar with a bridge that does not support the strings with equal weight on each height adjustment bolt! The old 3 saddle telecaster bridge design was the best bridge of all time!
Gene Warner
repairman
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