Help! My JP6 whammy does not go back to original position as before!

[Clifford Chong]

After playing my music man for a few months , I noticed I was unable to pull my whammy bar back as much as before. Yesterday when i was restringing my guitar i noticed my whammy bar could no longer be pulled back and the action was so high all my strings kept buzzing and i was unable to play it.
Does anyone know how to bring in back into position?? Please Help!

 

[Bungo]

Do you have a pet mouse that has recently gone missing?

 

[DrKev]

Welcome to the forum Cliff!

my whammy bar could no longer be pulled back and the action was so high all my strings kept buzzing and i was unable to play it.

I assume you mean LOW rather than high?

My guess is that the strings were changed to a lighter gauge at some point without re-adjusting the trem claw screws. You should loosen those two big screws so as to loosen the tension on the springs so that the bridge is parallel to the guitar top when you are in tune. Doing so will give you the up-pull you are missing and will raise the action too.

Do this in stages - loosen the screws a little, re-tune the guitar, check the bridge, repeat as necessary.