Trem bar just coming “up”

[stankbank]

On my S224 I set my bar down all the way and tighten the set screw. It’s perfect. It’s the exact tension I want. But after playing and doing some trem work I notice the bar comes “up” in the cavity - it’s still tight in the sense that it holds its position but I am able to “slightly push it all the way down” so you feel it make contact with the bottom of the cavity. Therefore it comes “up” after some use. Is there any way to solve for this?

 

[dogrocketp]

I don’t have that problem, and I’m a trem guy. I do tighten the screw so that the bar doesn’t move unless I move it. Try tightening the screw until you have to press hard to get it in the socket.

 

[stankbank]

I think I was a little worried about overtightening and breaking the bushing