Was restoring and repainting this old Applause and was really happy to see that this pop in arm pops right in. It's a tiny bit loose, and swings freely, but with the old Ibanez string wrapper trick that I use on my edge trems works here too. It's on YT but basically you rip a quarter sized piece of plastic from a D'Addario string wrapper, put it over the hole, and jam the bar through, taking the plastic down with it. It will keep it from wobbling or spinning, and will stay where you put it. When you pull the bar out, the plastic will usually come with it, but then you just redo the process. If you don't put it in the case, you only have to do it once. LOLThe red pic is before I painted it with canned Krylon glitter paint, hahahaha.