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    You could try a f r special, they are a lot better than the knock offs and only about 80 dollars. They will also accept a brass block and have a steel locking nut.
    I found the Allen screws are way too soft and the heads strip on the copies, as well as the locking nut stripping threads.
    I haven't had your problem with the knock off which is still on my SV1, have you got any spare springs from old kits to swap out for the ones you have on there?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Andyxlh View Post
    You could try a f r special, they are a lot better than the knock offs and only about 80 dollars. They will also accept a brass block and have a steel locking nut.
    I found the Allen screws are way too soft and the heads strip on the copies, as well as the locking nut stripping threads.
    I haven't had your problem with the knock off which is still on my SV1, have you got any spare springs from old kits to swap out for the ones you have on there?
    i had a couple of spare Froyds, as I needed to get another for the IB-Freebie, so I had a selection of springs to choose from. The two I fitted seemed tighter coiled than the three originals so we’ll let it shift and settle and see where it ends up.
    you are right about the Allen screws, though I have a fairly good supply of spares. I will hunt around for a FR at a good price, as I posted before, the FR on my FrankenWashie is solid and unyielding, far better, though it cost more than the SV kit.
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    Quote Originally Posted by FrankenWashie View Post
    i had a couple of spare Froyds, as I needed to get another for the IB-Freebie, so I had a selection of springs to choose from. The two I fitted seemed tighter coiled than the three originals so we’ll let it shift and settle and see where it ends up.
    you are right about the Allen screws, though I have a fairly good supply of spares. I will hunt around for a FR at a good price, as I posted before, the FR on my FrankenWashie is solid and unyielding, far better, though it cost more than the SV kit.
    I believe the difference between the original floyd and the fr special is the country of manufacture (Asian rather than German) and the trem block which is alloy on the special not brass and the string retainers which are also alloy not steel. All the other bits are correct and decent steel. The one on my Frankenstein is excellent, a huge leap up from the copies and about 30% of the price of the German one. If you need to save the money to buy another kit this might be an option!!!

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