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Tama Bassdrum Lug

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HY Guys

today i changed the batterhead of my Tama Royalstar and i had to see, that there were three lugs broken! The part where the srew comes right into the lug was gone!

What i would need would be 3 or 5(just in case it happens again) lugs!

I put in some pics in for you guys , to give you an idea!

It`s a Tama Royalstar from the 70s!

Maybe somebody here has some lugs and would sell it to me.

Please let me know!

THXS

Posted on 11 years ago
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You CAN repair it instead.

As I have said before - Tama lugs from the period were made from a mixture of bean mass cheese and snot, and they WILL break. So will the "new" ones you buy.

So, what you can do is this:

Drill down the remaining piece of the stud with a drill slightly smaller than the thread, and use a thread cutter to cut a little more thread - even 2 or 3 rounds will make a difference. Take a bolt or screw of the correct thread, dip it in epoxy - and turn it in, as hard as you dare, showing care not to overdo it.

After the epoxy has dried, you can cut off the piece of thread not needed - from now on, you will fasten the lug by means of nuts.

I presume, thet threads are 5 mm metric - then you will need a 4 mm drill, and a 5 mm threading tool. The cheapest Taiwan ones will do fine, as you are going to cut in an alloy of - well.....

A small tip is to put a nut on the screw, turned fully home, before glueing it in place. Before cutting the redundant piece of screw off, you now turn the nut down towards the lug - and NOW you saw off the piece. After a little filing of the end, by removing the nut gradually, turning it a little to and fro, you will make sure the thread is easy to put the mounting nuts on.

Jon

Posted on 11 years ago
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Hy Jon,

funny way of describing the material of Tama lugs;-)

But you are right, i already made the holes and tomorow in the company i work i will fix them again.

Like the way you explained it!

Thxs my friend!!!flower

Posted on 11 years ago
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THXS Jon,

here a few pics from the repairing of the lugs! Maybe somebody else need an advice like this someday:-)!!!!You can see on the one picture how it looks on the inside!

It seems to me that they now are stronger than before;-)

Good Tip Jon thxs againClapping Happy2

Posted on 11 years ago
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Well done!

It really is nice, when a piece advice that you give, is taken - and used.

Jon

Posted on 11 years ago
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