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B-Bender Repair Question

bstolte
June 15th, 2008, 02:36 PM
Hi there

I'm hoping someone might help me repair my Fender Nashville B-Bender. I was raising some screws to remove the blue plastic covering that comes on the b-bender and I unscrewed the wrong screw :sad:

I've removed the b-bender system from the back of the tele and I'm in the process of re-attaching the spring to the main plate. The question I have is about the ordering of the washers and nut to attach the spring hook to the back plate.

I attached an image that shows the hook, washers, nut and bolt. I'm wondering what the correct order of the parts should be from the back plate on up? I've also attached a pic of the backplate with a red circle around the hole that I'm attaching the spring to for reference.

Any help would be greatly appreciated. Also any tips on get the spring back on the hook?

Thanks,
Brian

bstolte
June 15th, 2008, 05:32 PM
Nevermind - I think I've fixed it now. From the main plate, I went with big washer -> small washer -> spring hook -> nut w/spoke (spokes on hook). Seems to have worked and is holding well.

If anyone does know that its supposed to be different, please weigh in.

Thanks!

Dogbear
June 15th, 2008, 08:02 PM
http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b69/Dogbear/Bolt.jpg

Link a tie wrap around the spring inside the first coils and use it to pull the spring over the hook, then cut the tie wrap off.