Floyd Rose disassembling and maintainence?

[boogie1]

Hey what's up all. A while back somebody posted a You Tube video with a guy disassembling, cleaning and lubing a Floyd Rose on a Jackson Dinky. I've been trying to find it unsuccessfully......anybody have a link to it handy? It was a great and very thorough video and I thought I had it bookmarked, but I guess not!

[Bengal65]

Not much needed except some WD-40 and an old tooth brush to remove any stuck crud. The WD-40 cleans and lubes at the same time. Wipe it down with a soft cotton cloth and your ready to go.

[goodwood]

Some of the experts say that Chapstick on the posts where the knife edges go is the best lubricant for them.

WD 40 only lasts a few weeks...and smells bad...#1 ingredient in it is fish oil.

[SEAN RAF]

WD40 is one of my favourite fragrances...number 1 is Solvol Autosol and number 2 is Old Spice...

[goodwood]

I like Maker's Mark!!

[toejam]

Some of the experts say that Chapstick on the posts where the knife edges go is the best lubricant for them.

WD 40 only lasts a few weeks...and smells bad...#1 ingredient in it is fish oil.

Like Bengal65, I use WD40 and a toothbrush to clean my Floyds. For the posts, I do indeed use Chapstick.

[CharvelRocker]

Also, it's a good idea to take a picture of the location of your intonation or set another spare you have to the approximate intonation of the one you're taking apart, so when you put it back on and back together, you are not totally clueless as to how to reset your intonation.

[toejam]

It's also good to make sure the saddles are in the right order (they've got numbers on the bottom of them, but I forget which is which at the moment... they're like 1, 2, 3 or 0, 2, 3). They'll go in an arch, with the inner two being the highest and the outside ones for the E strings the lowest.

[max]

It's also good to make sure the saddles are in the right order (they've got numbers on the bottom of them, but I forget which is which at the moment... they're like 1, 2, 3 or 0, 2, 3). They'll go in an arch, with the inner two being the highest and the outside ones for the E strings the lowest.

Hehe, good point. Some have numbers, some dont. They have dots instead or different colors of foil underneath (copper and silver). If you're aware of the fact that they actually have an order, its easy to tell which goes where though.

Other than that I wouldnt recommend disassembling a trem for the purpose of cleaning and lubricating it. Lubricating a trem is a very bad idea. And you can easily clean a trem using an ordinary large household scrub brush (made of plastic). No need to disassemble it, I have cleaned the most fucked up trems like this and they look like new after 2 minutes.

[Bengal65]

WD 40 only lasts a few weeks...and smells bad...#1 ingredient in it is fish oil.

I doubt that WD-40 has fish oil in it. It would be too unstable with the rest of the elements it contains.
http://wd40.com/Brands/pdfs/msds-wd40_aerosol.us.pdf

I rather like the smell of it myself.

[Nazgul]

Also, it's a good idea to take a picture of the location of your intonation or set another spare you have to the approximate intonation of the one you're taking apart, so when you put it back on and back together, you are not totally clueless as to how to reset your intonation.

That's a very good idea! I've been always doing this!

I rather like the smell of it myself.

+1! I love the smell of WD-40.

Where do you get this ChapStick btw? All I could find with google is some lip balm?

[toejam]

+1! I love the smell of WD-40.

Where do you get this ChapStick btw? All I could find with google is some lip balm?

I like the smell of WD-40, too! And Chapstick is lip balm. If it's not sold where you are, any type of lip balm should be fine.

[wilczywilk]

I doubt that WD-40 has fish oil in it. It would be too unstable with the rest of the elements it contains.
http://wd40.com/Brands/pdfs/msds-wd40_aerosol.us.pdf

True. Holy true.

FR pivots should be oiled wit machine lube. I use gearbox oil.

[Bri]

See if this is it
Tremol-No Clean and Lube

[Axewielder]

I use pencil lead (graphite) to lube the post/knife edge contact point