Need help sourcing part

Surasonac · Post by **Surasonac** » Sat Oct 06, 2018 6:25 pm

I've got a 1987 Made in Japan Strat with a System 1 tremolo. They were only made for 2 years and are pretty hard to find parts for.

On the tremolo its self there are two screws which hold it down via two wings which insert into the body of the tremolo its self. I am missing one of these wings and was wondering if anyone knows where I might find myself one of these parts?

Thanks

polyal · Post by **polyal** » Sun Oct 07, 2018 8:23 am

if you mean the bolt ..it looks like a 5 or 6mm slotted type which are probably
generic ( ie fender dont make them they just buy them in )
if they aren't the issue a pic would help

Surasonac · Post by **Surasonac** » Tue Oct 09, 2018 11:58 pm

polyal wrote:if you mean the bolt ..it looks like a 5 or 6mm slotted type which are probably
generic ( ie fender dont make them they just buy them in )
if they aren't the issue a pic would help

Not talking about the bolt, sorry.
Here is a picture of what i'm talking about.

Here you can see the wing is missing. It should be in that slot there as it is on the other side.

This means the tremolo is too far forward and is resting on the pick guard.

Thanks

polyal · Post by **polyal** » Wed Oct 10, 2018 8:15 am

see what you mean..it seems like your best bet would be to contact fender support
and try them
for what its worth if it was me..i would remove the ' wing' from the other side and
make ( or get somebody to make ) a mirrored duplicate..i shouldn't think that would be
to much of a task for a diy'er

Surasonac · Post by **Surasonac** » Thu Oct 11, 2018 8:21 pm

polyal wrote:see what you mean..it seems like your best bet would be to contact fender support
and try them
for what its worth if it was me..i would remove the ' wing' from the other side and
make ( or get somebody to make ) a mirrored duplicate..i shouldn't think that would be
to much of a task for a diy'er

I was considering the exact same thing. Going to borrow some calipers from a friend to measure the wing thickness. Then i'll order some steel to make it from. Its not chromed or anything, just unpolished metal.

Thanks for the response!

polyal · Post by **polyal** » Fri Oct 12, 2018 8:35 am

take the other wing out and measure its thickness with a micrometer
you'll be surprised what there is lying about for your material
the slot looks about 2/3mm so a piece of dexion might do it it
if not go rummage in your neighbours shed♪♪
anyway best of luck and let us know how you get on