I broke a tuner..what do you suggest?

[StSpider]

Yesterday I dropped the Tele..totally my fault, I have to say.

No cosmetic issue, but now the high e tuner feels looser than the others.

It seems to hold the string in tune less firmily, but I can't swear about it. Anyway, now I kinda feel like it's less dependable.

It's a 52ri, with the stock vintage tuners.

What do you suggest?

I think I could..

try to open up the tuner it there's a safe way to do it and see it it's just a matter of a loosen inner screw I can retighten. the key is slightly bent.

replace the whole set of tuners with identical ones. Not for free but not too expensive either.

Replace the whole set with locking tuners (I'm expecially thinking about grover mini rotomatics here, but it there's a set that drops in without new holes or needing to enlarge the existing ones, I'd prefer it).

What do you think is the best thing to do?

[Jack Wells]

I would first try to fix that tuner. If you feel the need for locking tuners, Gotoh makes these direct vintage replacements.

http://www.stewmac.com/shop/Tuners/G...ob_Tuners.html

.... open up the tuner it there's a safe way......

.....mini rotomatics here, but it there's a set that drops in wi

I think you mean if in the above instances.

[NewOldStock]

Something to note-

I purchased an extra set of tuners just to have lying around in case of emergencies like this. Mine's a 2000 '52RI, purchased new, with "Japan" stamped on the inner plate of each tuner. During a test I found that even though the tuner bushings were the same outside diameter(11/32?), the inner post diameter was different. So, here, you couldn't just leave the factory bushing in place and install one of these tuners without having a little play/slop.

They were advertised as "Vintage-Kluson Style". I eventually used the tuners/bushings on a project build. Just wanted to bring it to your attention that there may be post diameter differences. This is not related to the common peghead hole diameter topic.

Good luck, StSpider

BTW-When these vintage-style tuners get sloppy, sometimes all it takes is repressing the 'ears' that hold the cover-plate in place. This may have loosened from the impact of the fall. This method cleaned up an old 70's Peavey T15 of mine. I call them "ears". I don't really know what their actual title is.

[0le FUZZY]

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[Stubee]

Like Fuzzy said. I got a Strat once, a bent vintage-style tuner was the least of it's problems & the easiest to fix, and it was pretty bent. Read up on how to take it apart & try to fix it first, may be pretty simple & easier than replacing it. Mine has worked fine ever since, had to go and look just now to confirm it was the B string tuner, and had to look closely at that. And this is one of my favorite Strats.