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If so, you can reassemble the pot and rebend the casing lugs into place.
common issue with newer CTS pots. You need to support the back when putting knobs on
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ive just retired the whole bastard thing an now I need to pull it all apart again. So I'll have a look in the morning, right now I want a whiskey
never happened to me until 2 years ago, but has been a regular issue since then due to construction differences
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The issue is that to save about half a cent, they’ve stopped fitting a little circlip around the shaft that stops it being pushed through the bushing, so the load is taken by the casing and the flimsy tabs that hold it on.
Why companies can’t just go on making a quality product in the way they always have, but think they have to cheapen it in any way possible to squeeze another microscopic profit out of it - when actually the buyers want the quality and wouldn’t be that bothered about a tiny cost increase - is one of the enduring failures of capitalism...
Also check that you’re not trying to fit far-east size knobs to the slightly larger US-size shafts, it makes the problem worse.
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
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Us regular punters would be happy to the extra 20p or whatever on a £4 product to maintain quality, but I bet it's guitar manufacturers who are ordering millions of them who are screwing the prices right down and forcing them to lower standards.
http://www.wdmusic.co.uk/electronics-c17/pots-c69/cts-guitar-pot-500k-mini-split-shaft-audio-taper-pot-with-9-tolerance-p365
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
It should look like this -
http://www.toneshapers.com/media/catalog/product/cache/1/image/9df78eab33525d08d6e5fb8d27136e95/c/t/ct-450s3507-500k-audio-pot-cts-split-shaft-900.jpg
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein