I found my saddlelock locking screws/bolts in my OFR floyd are rocking in the rear saddle borehole threads...

[harddriver]

This Floyd in an original 1983 black OFR floyd on a 1983 Kramer Pacer. This guitar always had some tuning issues and I never really looked at the floyd real close until today and bammo...I see the saddle bolts that thread into the rear of the saddles to lock the string in place are rocking in the thread borehole allowing movement independent from the saddle....well that answers where the tunning issues were coming from. The guitar has a 12" radius neck.

4 of the 6 are loose even after so the threads are stretched out from alot of years of tension and maybe prior owners really cranking down on them so it's time to just get a entire full new 12" radius set and new screw/bolts.

I found OFR has OFR replacement 12" original saddles but no new screws. I'm thinking new screws probably are in order as well but OFR Floyd Rose does not sell them.....I guess they just want to sell me a completely new tremelo....

Is only OFR the way to go or is there something better on the market like titanium?

Where's the best place to get OFR or OFR quality parts these days beside Floyd Rose directly.....

I'm thinking it might be more cost effective to get a new Floyd Rose 1984 and be done with it.........

 

[harddriver]

I have a new OFR floyd sitting here for a different guitar to compare it to and as soon as I loosen the saddle bolt on the new one has just the same amount of play so who knows......

 

[harddriver]

After another inspection of the pivot fulcrum points the original tremelo do have some wear on them and that could be contributing to the tuning issues. So I ordered a brand new original made in USA 1984 Floyd Rose and new locknut from Squid music which had them much cheaper that the Floyd Rose website.

Squid Music is owned by a RT member Chubtone and his shop also carries tons of guitar parts , tremelo parts, pickups Floyd Rose parts I highly recommend his shop.

Thanks for the great prices Curt!

 

[PDC]

Its fun and encouraging to correctly diagnose a problem, swap one or 2 parts and be good to go - but at the same time, there is zero shame or disappointment in just getting a complete new trem when the time comes. I totally respect 'originality' but particularly tremolos have lots of parts prone to wear: stretched threads from multiple clamping and un-clamping cycles; dulled or rounded knife edges / posts; and string grooves worn into the nuts and nut clamp blocks. You will never regret a fresh German Floyd!!

 

[harddriver]

Its fun and encouraging to correctly diagnose a problem, swap one or 2 parts and be good to go - but at the same time, there is zero shame or disappointment in just getting a complete new trem when the time comes. I totally respect 'originality' but particularly tremolos have lots of parts prone to wear: stretched threads from multiple clamping and un-clamping cycles; dulled or rounded knife edges / posts; and string grooves worn into the nuts and nut clamp blocks. You will never regret a fresh German Floyd!!

I did install that other new Floyd I had sitting here for another guitar, intonated it and the guitar stays in tune perfect now. So I feel even better about ordering the new one now. After 42 years the original baseplate pivot points are just wore out almost feels like there is a burr on the edge of the high E string side and that's the side that always tweaked out of tune......the GB and E.

It will be nice that it finally stays in tune rock solid like my other one...this one must have been wammied alot of the years...I wonder why my Luthier didn't catch it when he put the new frets in a few years ago....you think he would have noticed this wear???

 

[JackBootedThug]

Those are just machine bolts right? Figure out what the thread pattern is. Sounds like they need drilled and tapped with a larger diameter bolt. Probably a pain in the dick but I don’t know what else you could do…. Or am I missing something here entirely?