I made my own puller. It is a little simpler. Crazy thing is without a working puller, bushings are a giant pain to remove. A working one opens up all kinds of repairs. Genius!
I believe Dave will display a certain amount of ineptitude in his video for either comedy or a way to generate comments on the post. I've never used one of these pullers, but just by looking at it you can tell the square box at the end of the threaded rod has 2 nuts that should be tightened so the rod doesn't slip out. After grabbing the bolt that's in the bushing, you would hold the threaded rod steady (with the hex key that he used) and turn the wing nut with pliers to draw out the bushing. He eventually figured that out but didn't actually shows the pliers in use. Oh Dave...
I made one with a bolt through a fender washer through a piece of pvc screw bolt into bushing , tighten bolt , and out comes the bushing ! You have too many parts.
Put a short wooden dowel into the bushing's hole, then screw in the bridge screw to lever it out. Make sure the dowel is as short as possible to get the most of the screw threads as possible engaged to prevent too much stress on too few threads.
Drop a bolt of the right size into the bushing (thread up, head down)) then screw the bridge/tail-piece post into the bushing and it comes out all on its own.
That is a way better way of doing things, and cheaper. I bought that gadget from Stewart Macdonald (the same p.o.s. David is using) and it's a waist of time and money. The base of it pressing on the body isn't good for the finish, and doesn't work well with carved top guitars. I did the trick you mentioned, and I was done within no time. Great trick.
I've always screwed in a bolt or if it's like a tuneomatic screw in the stud & use a thin block of wood with something under it not to mar the finish ,then use the claws of a hammer to remove the assembly ,
This is what I do. Even a rag or two folded up a bunch of times is enough to protect the finish. I then use 2 angled mini pry bars on either side of the bolt to get equal pressures to keep everything lifting straight up.
"The Stud-Puller"...….(that's what we used to call little Betty Rotten-Pants,down at the "In and out Motel" and the "Liquor in the front,Poker in the Back Bar".....
That was a very pleasant waste of 10 minutes. i thoroughly enjoyed that. Everything i love about listen to Dave talk while adjusting truss rods, without the adjusting of truss rods.
Yep , more "Fun Stuff" there Dave. There gots to be an easier way that causes less swearing. Of course it takes very little to create swearing in my World.
I'll bet Dave is laughing at all the comments as he 'reeled us all in' to comment on this ... Incidentally, why is it so satisfying to spin a wing nut along a thread with your finger ... ???
I don't know if it'd work in this case, but the trick I learned to remove bushings from an Epiphone Les Paul was to drop an appropriately sized screw or small bolt down vertically into the middle of the bushing (this assumes it's open at the bottom), insert the stud and screw it down, and the action of the stud pushing down on the screw that was dropped in pushes the bushing up and out of the wood. I've got an old Squier body here with two trem post bushings, might see if it works. UPDATE: Yes, it works. I dropped a height adjustment screw from a Strat saddle into the bushing, which is open at the bottom, then screwed down the trem post. That pushed the bushing up far enough to pull it the rest of the way. There's more potential for damaging something, and the screw can dig into the wood a little at the bottom of the hole, so I wouldn't try it on a vintage Gibson or anything, but it does work in a pinch.
The last time I did this I just put a bolt in the bushing then with a 1/2 inch board to protect the top, I used a claw hammer to pull it out. About 30 seconds for each bushing.
From Leo: There are lots of ways, I bought a small slide hammer at the auto parts store. The cheapie like they pop car locks with. Put a matching bolt in the chuck and a few pulls of the handle, and all is well. It also does not leave any dents on the face of the guitar body. Cheers.
You’re supposed to use the hole at the top of the extracting bolt with the hex or rod to keep the bolt from turning and extract the bushing using the wingnut. That way the head gripper won’t slip off the bolt head which is in the bushing. When you do it your way, the gripper box spins which it is not designed to do and it slips of the head of the bolt in the bushing. Yah!
I just get a really long bolt of the correct diameter and screw it into the stud until it bottoms out. At that point as you turn it against the body it'll just pull the stud straight out. That said, that doesn't work in this case because whatever morons designed those studs decided not to tap them all the way to the bottom like 99 percent of bridge/tailpiece studs in existence.
I would use a socket slightly bigger than the stud and run a bolt with a washer through it into the stud. Tighten the bolt sucks the stud out. Use something in between guitar body and socket to protect guitar body if needed.
you can make one these using a socket from a ratchet, a bolt and a nut. put the nut on the bolt, put the bolt through the socket and screw the bolt in the stud. Tighten down on the nut. Be careful not to push the socket into the body.
I use plumbing pipe sitting on some thing softish so no stratchy. Then big washer on top that’s wider than the pipe with bolt going down though the washer screwed into the bushing. Turn bolt with spanner. The bolt pushes against the bottom of the hole .
I stick a soldering iron in the hole to warm it up a little to ease any glue that may be loaded in there and get a old screw that fits in and pull up on it a little at a time ! Far less stressful and easy than that stupid stew-crap tool!
Crazy, all you need to do is drop a little piece of a screw into the hole and then put the original stud back in it’ll pull it up by itself. No need for all the nonsense.
Sometimes I forget how incapable some people are out there in the real world, then I see some of the stuff Dave has to fix for people. I mean even the general setting up of a guitar is pretty damn easy, which with even a rudimentary level of physics knowledge could grasp the concept of a guitar and the tensions that are applied to it via string tension and/or spring tension. I'm not being condescending here, but people can figure this stuff out if they actually tried, but are just too unsure of themselves and their capabilities. I'd even wager that many people haven't even thought it all the way through and worked it out in their head.
@@larryfoster423 if my sentence structure is too complex and descriptive for you, don't read it. I have a sneaking suspicion my comment offended you because you're probably one of the people I was talking about :)
I would love it if this, inexplicably, became Dave’s most viewed video.
Put an O ring on after the washer. That will keep it in place
Or turn the guitar upside down to put the puller on.
Gravity is your friend! ;)
Or a little dab of grease, maybe?
I would probably put a vice grip on the screw, put the body on the floor and put my foot on it and pull lol.
Your supposed to hold the part you put the allen wrench in still and turn the wing nut.....
Ridiculous, just biy new ones, that body can be fixed & resprayed 🤔
That piece of sh*t had to come from Stewmac. Next video how to push a chain.
Socket, washer and bolt. Bolt through socket, washer to protect finish, and screw it out.
Or stack some washers, anything but this LOL.
a piece of 3/4" ID plastic pipe cut around 1 - 1 1/2" long, a fender washer on top and a bolt that fits the bushings works perfect. No fiddling.
“Does that feel right? I guess it does….. Why does it stop so soon? That should go right to the bottom…. Did I wreck it?” [That's what he said]
Try the Cunukistan Engineer AvE. Bet he could make you a battery powered bushing remover.
I made my own puller. It is a little simpler. Crazy thing is without a working puller, bushings are a giant pain to remove. A working one opens up all kinds of repairs. Genius!
I believe Dave will display a certain amount of ineptitude in his video for either comedy or a way to generate comments on the post. I've never used one of these pullers, but just by looking at it you can tell the square box at the end of the threaded rod has 2 nuts that should be tightened so the rod doesn't slip out.
After grabbing the bolt that's in the bushing, you would hold the threaded rod steady (with the hex key that he used) and turn the wing nut with pliers to draw out the bushing. He eventually figured that out but didn't actually shows the pliers in use. Oh Dave...
The most hilarious video ever made ahahahah!!! Great Dave :-)
I made one with a bolt through a fender washer through a piece of pvc screw bolt into bushing , tighten bolt , and out comes the bushing ! You have too many parts.
my brain is hurtling , I would of smashed it at the 3:00 min mark....
@P Cali Why is your brain in such a hurry?
Why would anyone want to take out the bushings? Seriously. Just buy two bushings!
Thank you!!! Same question I asked!
Put a short wooden dowel into the bushing's hole, then screw in the bridge screw to lever it out. Make sure the dowel is as short as possible to get the most of the screw threads as possible engaged to prevent too much stress on too few threads.
Drop a bolt of the right size into the bushing (thread up, head down)) then screw the bridge/tail-piece post into the bushing and it comes out all on its own.
Yes, THIS is the best way to do it - and the easiest! I'm surprised Dave didn't know this!
Brad Angove's video was how I learned to do this.
That is a way better way of doing things, and cheaper. I bought that gadget from Stewart Macdonald (the same p.o.s. David is using) and it's a waist of time and money. The base of it pressing on the body isn't good for the finish, and doesn't work well with carved top guitars. I did the trick you mentioned, and I was done within no time. Great trick.
@@SuperJiggawhat I don't know what a "waist of time and money" is, but I have a waist of beer and hotdogs.
The tread didn't go all the way through the bushing In this case.
That was painful to watch.
I found the video entertaining.
turn the body upside down
Hold the Allen wrench/bolt, turn the wingnut; if I don't miss my M.E. guess. That pulls the shaft up, while keeping the bolt shaft still and aligned
I would have said many more bad words. Well done
Well that was annoying to watch, lol
Beer time.
I've always screwed in a bolt or if it's like a tuneomatic screw in the stud & use a thin block of wood with something under it not to mar the finish ,then use the claws of a hammer to remove the assembly ,
This is what I do. Even a rag or two folded up a bunch of times is enough to protect the finish. I then use 2 angled mini pry bars on either side of the bolt to get equal pressures to keep everything lifting straight up.
dude watch ya dont get covid repairing dirty guitars
Shouldn't he have just put a bolt/gravel inside the bushing and screw the screws?
Hey, for some endorsement action, you could put a link for each specialized tool you use on a video in the description.
The fiddly but less fiddly studly goochpreventer. You can have the (™) Dave, my pleasure.
why is he so mad :D its just a little finnicky
YOU HAVE THE KNACK OF MAKING THINGS LOOK WAY MORE DIFFICULT THAN THEY ARE, or did ya just want to make a 1 min video into 10 min lol
Put washers under the wingnut. Turn the wingnut only. Use the hexkey to prevent the bolt from turning. That will make life easier.
You really need to tighten up the puller mechanism Dave ;)
"The Stud-Puller"...….(that's what we used to call little Betty Rotten-Pants,down at the "In and out Motel" and the "Liquor in the front,Poker in the Back Bar".....
That fucking tool is worthless Dave! Funny as shit though!
That was a very pleasant waste of 10 minutes. i thoroughly enjoyed that. Everything i love about listen to Dave talk while adjusting truss rods, without the adjusting of truss rods.
There's a better way folks!!! All you gotta do is drill a hole in the back of the guitar, and punch the thing out!!!
Just like pulling a tilt (steering) wheel bushing on a GM product.
Yep , more "Fun Stuff" there Dave. There gots to be an easier way that causes less swearing. Of course it takes very little to create swearing in my World.
the bottom of the bushing is usually hollow just drop something in the hole and screw the bolt in...that tool is fucked
A large socket, say... 3/4" or so along with a bolt & nut threaded to bushing, is way less expensive. 😉
My nerves would enjoy that Dave 🙄 😒 Peace ✌ PS you'll need a beer after this hey!!!
replace the centre bolt/junk with a bolt that fits the bushing... much better
No Dave, that was fun- I've finally seen you brought down to my mechanical aptitude, if at least for a few minutes!
There are about a hundred ways to skin that cat....that was the most entertaining!!!!!
I watched the entire lame video and I loved it because you are fucking hilarious.
I'll bet Dave is laughing at all the comments as he 'reeled us all in' to comment on this ...
Incidentally, why is it so satisfying to spin a wing nut along a thread with your finger ... ???
I don't know if it'd work in this case, but the trick I learned to remove bushings from an Epiphone Les Paul was to drop an appropriately sized screw or small bolt down vertically into the middle of the bushing (this assumes it's open at the bottom), insert the stud and screw it down, and the action of the stud pushing down on the screw that was dropped in pushes the bushing up and out of the wood. I've got an old Squier body here with two trem post bushings, might see if it works.
UPDATE: Yes, it works. I dropped a height adjustment screw from a Strat saddle into the bushing, which is open at the bottom, then screwed down the trem post. That pushed the bushing up far enough to pull it the rest of the way. There's more potential for damaging something, and the screw can dig into the wood a little at the bottom of the hole, so I wouldn't try it on a vintage Gibson or anything, but it does work in a pinch.
The last time I did this I just put a bolt in the bushing then with a 1/2 inch board to protect the top, I used a claw hammer to pull it out. About 30 seconds for each bushing.
keep the bolt stationary and turn the wing nut so you dont have rotaion affecting the stability of the puller
For those pesky washers, a little dab will do ‘ya Dave! I know you still have some Brylcreem somewhere 😃
From Leo: There are lots of ways, I bought a small slide hammer at the auto parts store. The cheapie like they pop car locks with. Put a matching bolt in the chuck and a few pulls of the handle, and all is well. It also does not leave any dents on the face of the guitar body. Cheers.
A dab of chewing gum (chewable duct tape!) would hold the washer & not interfere with the pull tool.
Probably would have been a whole lot cheaper to by a new set. Dave, if I were you I'd charge him double!!!!
Why would they want to pull the bushings out? 🤔🤔🤔
You’re supposed to use the hole at the top of the extracting bolt with the hex or rod to keep the bolt from turning and extract the bushing using the wingnut. That way the head gripper won’t slip off the bolt head which is in the bushing. When you do it your way, the gripper box spins which it is not designed to do and it slips of the head of the bolt in the bushing. Yah!
Why not place the center portion of the tool on the stud, then place the sleeve over the puller stud, wind the wing nut down, then pull?
I just get a really long bolt of the correct diameter and screw it into the stud until it bottoms out. At that point as you turn it against the body it'll just pull the stud straight out. That said, that doesn't work in this case because whatever morons designed those studs decided not to tap them all the way to the bottom like 99 percent of bridge/tailpiece studs in existence.
I would use a socket slightly bigger than the stud and run a bolt with a washer through it into the stud. Tighten the bolt sucks the stud out. Use something in between guitar body and socket to protect guitar body if needed.
Yeah your puller is assembled wroug. The bolt head should be at the top then nut then washer then tube then claw device.
you can make one these using a socket from a ratchet, a bolt and a nut. put the nut on the bolt, put the bolt through the socket and screw the bolt in the stud. Tighten down on the nut.
Be careful not to push the socket into the body.
Put a booger on the bottom of the head of the hex head bolt. It’ll make the washer stick. 👍🏻
I use plumbing pipe sitting on some thing softish so no stratchy. Then big washer on top that’s wider than the pipe with bolt going down though the washer screwed into the bushing. Turn bolt with spanner. The bolt pushes against the bottom of the hole .
Easier and faster with the right screw, washer and socket.
Hey Dave, toss that tool. A small slide hammer does a better job and a lot faster. Don't even need to touch the wood.
Small slide hammer or a door ding remover would work for this.
I have one of those. They are great at trying your patience. Not the most sturdy thing on the planet.
Dave, correct it was boring but why did i watch it till the end?
a small dab of sticky tack would hold the washer to the hex head
I stick a soldering iron in the hole to warm it up a little to ease any glue that may be loaded in there and get a old screw that fits in and pull up on it a little at a time ! Far less stressful and easy than that stupid stew-crap tool!
Spend the $10.00 and replace them, OK
I use chewing gum to hold things in place.
ill just say i hope i never have to do this, but if i do ill send to dave
A little putty between the washer and bolt head should hold it!🎸
is this device an actual buyable thing or did u make it
Crazy, all you need to do is drop a little piece of a screw into the hole and then put the original stud back in it’ll pull it up by itself. No need for all the nonsense.
Awesome video Dave thanks😜
A little disk magnet will help if you got one
I remember seeing this about ten years ago.
You are the Panacea of guitar repairs!
I've just used a socket that fits over the insert, with a washer on top, using the stud to screw into the insert to simply pull it out.
I can see your method in my head and looks like it would work fine.
Same here, but use plastic pipe instead
3/4" pex about 2" long. Won't take up much space in the tool box.
ahh Dave.. deep in the bush.. ings
sh...t happens...good work...
Let me guess ... a Stew Mac tool?
Yo Dave, any good with teeth?
& it’s a Warmoth body 🤔
Dave, if you use a small O-ring under the washer, it will hold it in place for you.
i would make a slide hammer
Claw hammer works too!
Or even a dab of vaseline on it
There's nothing like a wad of bubble gum when you need it!
Haha
I was a stud puller.
Sometimes I forget how incapable some people are out there in the real world, then I see some of the stuff Dave has to fix for people. I mean even the general setting up of a guitar is pretty damn easy, which with even a rudimentary level of physics knowledge could grasp the concept of a guitar and the tensions that are applied to it via string tension and/or spring tension. I'm not being condescending here, but people can figure this stuff out if they actually tried, but are just too unsure of themselves and their capabilities. I'd even wager that many people haven't even thought it all the way through and worked it out in their head.
@Joshua Michael You just used 4 lines to say that some people can not do for themselves with a little reading on the net
@@larryfoster423 if my sentence structure is too complex and descriptive for you, don't read it. I have a sneaking suspicion my comment offended you because you're probably one of the people I was talking about :)
I want a sticker
Why would you replace the bushings?
the thread inside the bushing was not threaded properly all the way out the other end of the bushing
On the edge of my seat!!!
Nuts.
I'm here for the non excitement!
💙👊😎