Strap Lock Screw vibrates loose

[Jack Napalm]

What's the best way to secure a strap lock screw so that it won't come loose? The upper horn straplock on my DK1 vibrates loose over time. Can I use just a drop of glue on it to secure it or am I looking at filling the hole and re-drilling?

[Nightbat]

Toothpick and a longer screw

[sully]

You can drop some super glue in the hole and swish it around with a toothpick, (this will give something for the screw to bite into again) but as mentioned, you can drop a toothpick (cut it down the middle) in the hole, glue it in, and put the screw back in.

Sully

[Jack Napalm]

Thank you both!

[Chief_CrazyTalk]

Shit i just happened to have the very same problem occur on my charvel today. I was about to research this when I found this thread lol. For now I just tightened it.

[Hellbat]

I did the toothpick thing on my Squire affinity strat and it worked great. I used wood glue and not CA though. CA would cure faster. The other strap pin has come loose on the same guitar so maybe I'll give the CA a shot this time. (CA = cyanoacrylate = superglue)

[horns666]

Jack!! A tiny piece of marshmallow Peep in the hole will tighten things up....any hole!!!!!

[LouSiffer]

Quit rocking so hard Jack!!!-Lou

[sully]

I did the toothpick thing on my Squire affinity strat and it worked great. I used wood glue and not CA though. CA would cure faster. The other strap pin has come loose on the same guitar so maybe I'll give the CA a shot this time. (CA = cyanoacrylate = superglue)

The reason I like the CA is that it's quicker, and even just dripping some into the hole can help. It works great on old bolt on neck holes, too.

Sully

[MakeAJazzNoiseHere]

The reason I like the CA is that it's quicker, and even just dripping some into the hole can help. It works great on old bolt on neck holes, too.

Sully

+1

I fixed a stripped neck bolt with a toothpick and wood glue, and it worked great, until I took the neck off a few times (heel adjust truss rod.) Then the repair failed, the bolt would get barely snug and just spin.

Then I tried coating the threads with super glue like I'd read about. I put the glue in the neck bolt hole and pushed it up into the threads using a toothpick to smear it in there and then left it overnight once I knew the hole wouldn't close up, and it's been installed & removed dozens of times with no sign of stripping out.

OP if you try this just cut a thin strip of toothpick and coat it with glue so you can get way in there. Put some masking tape around the area in case you get glue on the paint (superglue on paint = bad) and get the glue up in there, smear it in the threads, let it sit overnight and I bet when you screw it back in it's nice and tight and doesn't come loose again.

[UpTheIronsJim]

Drill out hole with 1/8" bit.
Mix up 2 part epoxy drop into hole
follow up with golf tee tapping snuggly
let cure.

Re-drill new hole, install longer screw with
lock tite...Then Jamb your ass off!

[BenoA]

@UpTheIronsJim... Interesting way of solving the issue! Note taken.

I'll say as like most above, did the toothpick+glue and it worked.

[straycat]

Tooth picks and Ca glue should be in everyone's tool box.................along with marshmallow peeps

[Jack Napalm]

Just a quick follow up. Did the super glue trick and it worked great at rehearsals tonight. I only used a tiny bit and my strap lock is firmly in place. Thanks for the tips. If it ever gets worse again I'll add the tooth pick.