Pro-Gear 251 Bridge vs Jigmaster 500 bridge RE: Stainless sleeve

[Joel.B]

SO I am trying to put a stainless sleeve I got from Alan on a Pro-Gear 251 bridge, the shoulder at base of the post is slightly taller than that of a Jigmaster 500 bridge/post,,,,so the stainless sleeve won't slide down far enough, tiniest of gap between sleeve and bridge, retainer pin wont go in either

So I already have mucho work into the bridge as I drilled it and installed new posts for second dog.  I am thinking milling out the pocket at bottom of sleeve the best course of action now?  I could bang out the post and pound a Jigmaster post back in.....or turn the shoulder down.

pretty sure drilling out the sleeve a bit is the way to go

Had I known there was a difference I would have just used a Jigmaster bridge

[Bryan Young]

Hi Joel,

All you need to do is file down the gear sleeve pin slightly until it slides in.

Bryan

[alantani]

better i should send you a jigmaster bridge.......

[Alto Mare]

better i should send you a jigmaster bridge.......

Good idea.

Alan, on another note, as you know I just got a few sleeves from you, well, maybe just a little more than a few
Could you let the machinist know that the pins on the 98-60 & 98-155 are a little long? Maybe he could adjust for the next run,
it isn't easy to slide the gear on. I have no issue sanding them down, but some might not like to do so.
Sal

[Joel.B]

Bryan- I would need to file pin into a needle,

Alan- Thanks, I have plethora of bridgemaster bridges, and I think I will start over with another bridge

[Bryan Young]

You just need to file the pin flat on one side.  If you look through the hole of the gear sleeve, when installed on the bridge, you can see a slight overhang of the bridge post on the top. If you file the pin flat on one area, it should slide in easily.