Truss rod at its limit

[wintoid]

I'm not very handy, but I have several basses which are vintage Fender replicas and require loosening the neck to get at the truss rod screw.  I've done this today for the first time in my life, and applied a quarter turn of tightening, which has helped.  I'm quite pleased with myself.

 

I would do another quarter turn, but when I tried, the truss rod wouldn't go any tighter and I didn't want to force it (this is all with no string tension on the neck).  On balance, I think the action has improved and I'm happy.  I could just live with this action, but I'm wondering whether being at the end of the truss rod's adjustment is (a) a bad idea for some reason or (b) a sign of future troubles stored up.

 

If I *did* decide I wanted another quarter turn, what's the best way for a DIY klutz like me to proceed?

[ezbass]

Take off the rod’s nut, put a washer on and replace. That’ll give you some more adjustment.

[wintoid]

Easy as that?  Doesn't sound too difficult!  Thanks.

 

So, to source the right washer, is there a particular size I should look for (it's a Fender)?

[ezbass]

I believe Fender do them as spares. The one time I had to do it, I just found one in my box of bits that would fit in the rod space and reamed out the washer’s hole to fit over the thread.

[Reggaebass]

This was posted in another thread but I can’t remember which one, it’s got the details in the description, not sure if it’s of any use to you https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/326130182103?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=2CqW-pdbQIe&sssrc=4429486&ssuid=1wDkd4CjTIi&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY

[wintoid]

Thanks both....  I'm going to play it for a few days to see whether I really think it needs it (which basically means I'm still underconfident about it), but if I decide to do it, I'll get those washers