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  1. The one I pulled out of a 150 to take the measurements was snug. No slack. I wouldn't call it a press fit (you don't have to force it, or drive it in), but you do have to push it a little into the hole. A pretty tight fit. This is what I got back from LMI. Thanks for writing. That 10mm measurement is accurate. We sell a headstock drilling jig, which accommodates a 10mm brad drill bit to bore out the holes for the tuner bushings and machine heads. I hope this information is helpful, let us know if you have any other questions. Best Regards, Kyle @ Luthiers Mercantile I could come up with a way to take out .1mm+ without resorting to a headstock drilling jig, but I was going to put these tuners on a 555. Not going to do it on that one. The safe way is to do what you did and replace with Grovers, or find another tuner that has a 9.9mm hub.
  2. You are correct. I'm not seeing the drawing you're looking at with the 24.8mm dimension, but I did look that the drawings wrong. The Grover dimension is from the center of the shaft to the base of the button and the Gotoh drawing does not show that dimension, but instead shows the dimension from the back of the tuner to the base of the button. I'm wondering about the 10mm hub. Seems like the tuners are interchangeable in every other dimension except the 0.1mm difference in the hub (smaller on the Grover). I think I read on the Gotoh site that that tuner requires a 10mm hole. It'd have to have some clearance, so it seems like MAYBE they throw 10mm around pretty loosely. If I knew I wouldn't have to ream the hole, I'd buy the Gotoh 510Z's from LMI. I'll email them and see if I get a response.
  3. I've been looking at Gotoh 510Z's on the LMI clearance sale. Looks like the center shaft to center screw dimension is the same as the Grovers (10.5mm) but the Gotoh shows a 10mm hub (that goes into the headstock) and the Grovers are 9.9mm. I verified the Grovers with a digital caliper. Best I can measure the hole in the headstock, it's 9.95mm. Definitely not 10mm+. I suppose since Gotoh says their hub is 10mm it's not 9.9, so the hole would have to be reamed/drilled out to about 10.5mm. Not something I'm willing to do. The other marked difference is from the center of the string shaft to the end of the input shaft (at the base of the button). The Grover is 17.4mm, the Gotoh is 27.5mm. Seems like a lot of difference. I'm not sure what that'd look like, even if I decided to ream out the headstock.
  4. I have a look at this forum every day. An introduction is overdue. My name is really Rod. Perhaps if I come up with a more imaginative username the moderators will let me change it. (?) About a year ago I asked the luthier I use to recommend a Les Paul style guitar brand/builder for a guitar that I envisioned would become an heirloom. He said he'd recommend Heritage and Collings over Gibson. That when I came to this forum for the first time. You guys tell a pretty compelling story. Your passion for Heritage guitars is contagious. I think it was only about a week or so later that I bought my first off Ebay. An '87 model 170 that was excellent in every way. I've been a Heritage fan ever since! My next was a 150 Ultra with HRW's, then a 157 Black Beauty that now has Seth Lovers (something else I learned of from this forum). In between my other two acquisitions I sold the 170 to someone who has also become a Heritage fan and who has since acquired another Heritage (that I wish I'd gotten!). I'm a very active follower of the forum. My thanks to whoever it is who is responsible. I'll be an infrequent contributor. Fact is, you guy's knowledge and skill surpasses mine. I'm here to learn and find my next Heritage.
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