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The cheap bastard in me says to build up the base of the insert with tape or thick foil.

Yep. An easy fix, perhaps for someone with experience. However, if you simply remove the machines, you'll find it isn't so complicated.

Maybe if you didn't try too hard? :D

Sounds like a job for a professional. I would find a way to mess that up.

You can also use shavings.

Those bushings don't screw on, they are a press fit. If they are loose, you can, after removing all parts, add a little glue to the hole...

My bad. I deleted the screen shot from the post. I don't want to misuse his contributions.

u would need permission from our esteemed member and the author of that Book, @hansmoust I don't recall anyone ever going there...

These are original to my guitar. Is this what you have on? Can you shoot a pic?

I use these on a variety of guitars, but I use the bell end version. Visually, comparing to my '63 F30 machines, the posts line up and...

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0B59CMJNR?ref_=chk_typ_imgToDp&th=1 These are the ones I bought. I measured the diameter of the sta-tites...

Things are selling really slow right now and prices are dropping precipitously! I bought one from New Hartford on this forum last year...

Not with that repair, it's not. Also, just realized, did the original truss have the flanking graphite rods that Guild used through New...

Yep. An easy fix, perhaps for someone with experience. However, if you simply remove the machines, you'll find it isn't so complicated.

You can also use shavings.