How-To: Remove and measure for a replacement Banjo Head
A General Three Page Guide!
The First thing to do is remove the "Resonator". Then remove the "Strings". Now remove the "Tail Piece". This one was held in place with a "Bolt" through the hole at the end of the "Rim Stick Bolt" as shown. If your "Arm Rest" is not part of the "Hooks" (like this one), remove it also.
Next: Remove the "Rim Stick" Bolt. As shown.
Next:
remove the "Rim Stick" hardware, as shown. Note: this consists
of a "Pin" through the "Rim Stick", near the "Neck",
as shown. A "wedge piece"and a "Adjustment Bracket" As
shown sitting on top of the "Rim Stick" after removal. To remove
all this hardware: just loosen the bolt in the "Adjustment Bracket" and
all hardware will become loose enough to remove with your fingers.
Now: Pull the "Neck" out of the "Shell"
Turn the "Pot Assembly" Upside-Down. Proceed to loosen the "Hook Nuts" (I use two wrenches). Start where the "Neck" connects
and go around. Start with #1 then the opposite #14(if you have 28 hooks),
#12 (if you have 24 hooks). Then #2 and #15 then #3 and #16 and so forth
all around the "Pot Assembly. Note! Turn the nuts only a 1/4 or 1/2 turn each, untill you reach the end. then start over again. Follow this procedure until all the hooks are loose enough to remove the "Tension Band". Continued....
