Various screw sizes for Silhouette?

[ohbugger]

I recently picked up a 93 Silhouette hardtail for a good price (needs a re-fret and some TLC)... seeing as all my others are floating floyds, this will be good for alternate tunings after I freshen it up!

Some of the screws are very corroded, so if I'm not successful at cleaning them all, does anyone know what size replacement screws I'd need to order for...
-Bridge plate to body
-Saddles to bridge (also the spring size?)
-Saddle height set screws
-Pickup selector to pickguard
-Humbucker to pickguard
-Single coils to pickguard

Just figured I would check with the forum before getting out the calipers and searching through McMaster Carr, lol.

 

[fbecir]

Hello

A lot of rust indeed

Did you check the electronic ? Because if all the screws are so rusted, I imagine the pots and the selector are in bad shape also

 

[ohbugger]

Believe it or not, there's no scratchiness or cutting out when operating any of that! I still have to see how everything looks inside, and will give things a spray with DeoxIT and DeoxIT Fader regardless.

 

[nervous]

I can't give you specific or OEM sizes but I can tell you what I generally do.

-Bridge plate to body - Pretty standard size as I recall, pull one and head to a well stocked hardware store or big box. I like oval head sheet metal screws, stainless or regular zinc, and they polish very nicely.

-Saddles to bridge (also the spring size?) Not 100% sure if those are standard or metric. might be worth an OEM replacement as even those saddles are looking rough. Shop Ernie Ball Music Man - Bridge Parts - Parts

-Saddle height set screws - Shop Ernie Ball Music Man - Bridge Parts - Parts

-Pickup selector to pickguard - Pretty standard size as I recall, pull one and head to a well stocked hardware store.

-Humbucker to pickguard - These are standard humbucker mounting screws, readily available, Dimarzio offers them as well, which I would prefer. Pickup Mounting Hardware | DiMarzio

-Single coils to pickguard - These are standard single coil, round head mounting screws, readily available, Dimarzio offers them which I would prefer. Pickup Mounting Hardware | DiMarzio
Or pull one and head to a well stocked hardware store for a round head machine screw in the correct thread. Easily ID'd there.

-Pickguard screws - I always use standard packs of Fender oval head PG screws.

Amazon will also have a lot of what you need, buy, try, return as needed.

And StewMac, Allparts, Philadelphia Luthier, etc. are also great resources for such things.

 

[ohbugger]

Thanks so much - great leads there to get me going!

 

[DrKev]

If it's only the heads of the screws that are corroded, I've cleaned them up very nicely with micro mesh pads. For screws that are not too small, I've fixed the screws into a cordless screwdriver to spin the heads at high speed. Lay out the micro mesh pads in a line 1200 up to 6000 or 8000 and just worked my way through the grits, a 5 seconds on each grit. Fast, easy, and fun.

 

[GoKart Mozart]

I've had good luck cleaning up rusty screws using some of those wire brush attachments for a Dremel tool.