1963 Fender Jaguar trem problems

[Down Underground]

After 10 years on the 65 Mustang I picked up a beater 63 Jaguar. (  If any of you are curious, the Jaguar is a far superior guitar than the mustang! ) Of course the Jaguar was missing the trem bar so I got a replacement from allparts. It does the job, however I have run into a problem. When I use the trem unit I get this nasty clanking sound from the vibrato arm mounting receptacle ( thats the part that sticks up through the top of the plate to accept the trem bar ) smacking against the top of the trem unit ( thats the part that bolts to the body and is stamped Fender) I have thought about sticking a rubber washer down there or using some tape but I don't think it will stay in tune. My guitar tech said "thats just the way they are". Any sugestions to fix this? Thanks!

[fuzzking]

Your guitar tech has no idea. The trem is supposed to be floating.

http://www.webrocker.de/jaguar/cms/2007 ... lo-system/


edit:

on re-reading my reply i think i might have come over a bit harsh. this was not my intent.

[mynameisjonas]

sounds like you just need to loosen the spring (turn the large screw in the center of the plate counter clockwise).