PHYSICAL AND MECHANICAL ADJUSTMENTS

PHYSICAL FEEL OF THE ROCKER

If the feel of your RMC wah is too soft/loose, you can tighten it up by tightening the small hex nuts on the inside of the pedal. One is near the battery area. You should be able to tighten that one enough to firm up the feel, without even getting to the other nut located under the pc board.

If you feel the action is too tight/stiff, you can loosen the same nut.

THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION IS FOR OLDER RMC WAH CASES

If you adjust the nut under the pc board, make sure the screw shaft does not contact the underside of the pcb.

NOTE: Before you start tightening the nuts, take a look under the rocker and judge just how much room, if any, you have to work with. If you don't, you could over tighten the screw and pop the head off. The screw is a common 3/4 inch 6x32 screw. It doesn't really matter if it is a Phillips head or flat head.

It is also possible to add tension by tightening the screw which holds the cable clamp/rack gear tensioner in place (against the pot gear). You can push the clamp/tensioner against the gear firmly as you tighten the screw and be assured you've done what you can with this method.

As something of a last ditch effort, the case can be fully dismantled, the flat spring turned around 180 degrees (so the built-in angle falls in a different place), and then all reassembled. (The "flat spring" is the metal "strap" that runs over the axle which attaches the rocker to the base. The flat spring is what exerts added pressure as you tighten the nuts mentioned at the beginning of this section.)

ON/OFF SWITCH ADJUSTMENT

CARLINGSWITCH AND NEW, SMALL DPDT ADJUSTMENT
If the on/off switch needs adjustment, get a 9/16 open ended wrench and loosen the hex nut on the top of the switch. Once the nut is loose enough, adjust the inner round/hex nut on the switch on the inside of the pedal. Turn the round/hex nut in 1/4 to 1/2 turns ONLY. A little goes a long way. Raise the switch action by lowering (closer to the switch body) the round nut. Finger tighten the top hex nut and try it out. Repeat until you get it perfect for what you want.

BLUE TPDT ADJUSTMENT
Look inside the wah, at the switch.  You'll see a white plastic washer being used as the height adjuster.  Now, look at the top, where the switch is secured to the base.  You'll see 2 nuts and an inner-toothed metal washer.  Remove the 2 nuts and metal washer.  Drop the switch down.  Remove the white plastic washer.  Put the metal washer there instead.  Now push the switch back up and only use ONE of the nuts to tighten it.  Make it snug, DO NOT torque it down hard or you'll rip apart the switch.  The metal washer and 2nd nut are there only for use as height adjusters.  By putting the thinner metal washer in, you've raised the height of the switch.  The white washer is 2x the thickness of the metal washer, and the nut is the same thickness as the white washer AND metal washer together.  Personally, I use one of the nuts as my height adjuster.  That way I get full sweep, as little mechanical noise as possible, and when I want to activate/deactivate the wah, I just put some serious weight on the switch.  Some people prefer the height afforded by the metal washer.  For me, that makes it too easy to switch on/off/null by accident.  I like to have to WORK to operate the switch.

So, how do you know if your switch is bad or just needs height adjustment? Here's an easy test. Use your thumb to repeatedly cycle the switch while there is a signal passing through the wah. If the switch funtions properly 100% of the time in this test then the switch is operationaly sound. If the switch does not function properly 100% of the time in this test then the switch should be replaced.

If your switch tests perfectly but does not function 100% of the time in "real world" usage then you will need to address either the switch height or the ft/lb of pressure you use to activate the switch as you would have already verified the functionality of the switch and therefore negated the possibility of the problem being one of switch failure.

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