Sticky Ludwig P-85 Snare Strainer Switch Maintenance アメリカ、バンドマン生活。ラディックのスネアのスイッチが引っかかるのでメンテして見た。

[@kryptoniterazor]

Nice and helpful analysis of a long-standing issue! It's a poorly designed mechanism, and ludwig has acknowledged as much by releasing the P-86 and P-88 versions. What I have found is most helpful is to place my thumb on the lever arm and push down in the middle of it, while I am pulling up on the top part to engage the snare. I do this rather than grabbing just by the top part and pulling, or placing my thumb on the strainer body. This effectively moves the fulcrum point of the lever arm and turns it into a class II lever rather than class I, allowing it to transmit downward force on the lower sliding joint rather than lateral force on the top one. It's easiest to place your thumb on the little bend in the lever arm and push down and away while you pull up and inward on the handle.

[@threesoundband]

What order do the hex screw, washer and lock washer go on for the strainer? Do they all go inside the shell?

[@ottoroshiya8269]

Mine has flat screws on the outside, nuts, wavy lock washer, and flat washer go inside. The flat washers touche the shell, then the lock washers, before the nuts.