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 Posted: 03-01-2007 05:14 pm
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Greg Fletcher



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 That's a very common problem. Those original mesh screens usually just fall apart after time, yours sounds like someone messed around with it previously and it was reassembled without repairing. I've seen some that had been "fixed" by wrapping bailing wire around the pick to hold everything in place. I don't recommend that, however. Whatever you do, NEVER leave the mesh screen off.

A good used one from Appleyard is a great idea as Jon points out (it might be worth an additional repair before installing even if it looks good), but these are also fairly easy to repair. The steel screen/mesh material is pretty common and a local machine shop should be able to spot weld it back together to the top and bottom plates without much fuss.