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Permalink Reply by Roadkill a.k.a. John Maw on February 12, 2012 at 7:19am

If you can get in to the back of them like these using molybdenum disulphide grease or copper slip is good. Even if it dries out it keeps lubricating. On sealed tuners I flood them with a penetrant spray such as Starrett M1 and give it time to dry out a bit and stop weeping all over the place.

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Permalink Reply by wewqwe on February 12, 2012 at 9:08am

see what picking brains does,tiniest of tight spots due to as mentioned my freehand drilling , at least lesson learned ,and thank you all very much great community .

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Permalink Reply by The Phrygian Kid on February 12, 2012 at 9:55am

i find the budget ones from gitty (which are probably the same) very satisfactory for the most part.   I have had one or two that were duds and i threw away after using several hundred.  I totally agree with chookybones, you gotta do real clean holes to make the budget ones work well.  the schaller / gotoh copy kinda ones with the nut top are far preferable for a regular guitar head, i only use the budget open gear ones so much b'cos i do so many slot heads, they work well in slot heads and getting the nut in from inside the slot can be painful on the others. 

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Permalink Reply by Wade on February 13, 2012 at 5:37pm

yes looked at your pic. Looks like the tuner back is not lying flat on headstock. This can cause the body of the tuner to twist and strip when tuning. My guess is keep the hole perpendicular to the headstock. My  2 cents - hope this helps.

Wade

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Permalink Reply by Bob Harrison on February 13, 2012 at 9:03pm

I also think any tuner needs a bushing to support the shaft.

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