I know this is almost a year late, but if it’s a Fender/Squire bass, don’t use Dunlap. I installed them on my Paranormal '54 j-bass. It doesn’t matter how tight I screw them in into the body, they keep coming lose and close to falling out. I talked to someone else about it and they had the same exact problem with their Fender guitar and the Dunlap locks as well. I haven’t tried Schaller, but I also don’t care for how they look so I’m just going back to installing the stock strap buttons.
@rubys_place Is the shank of the stock button screw bigger than the Dunlop screw?
Easier just to use the old toothpick and wood glue solution and keep the Dunlop strap locks.
I’ve had them for 4 years on my bass and it’s been faultless.
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Egads… beer bottles, drills, wood glue, putty, lube oil… no way would I get any of these close to my '72 J. (Well… maybe the beer bottles but for a much different reason.) Often the simplest approach is quite enough. I chose the easy-on, easy-off Rok-Loks solution. As long as I don’t revert back to Paul Revere and the Raiders synchronized steps, pretty sure my bass is safe.
So they’re made of plastic?
Yep… but so far after a year of gigs (it’s a fusion band so no choreographed steps required) and daily stand-up-using-a-strap practice, my trust in plastic remains.
Thanks for posting this video!
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I gotta ask - are you using it for your bass? 
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Yea I threw a drop in there and they move waaaay better. The finish has a sandy texture which is good cause it helps from spinning too much but they needed a very small amount of lube.
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I gotta ask again - are you using it for your bass?
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Are you being cheeky 
I am using it to lubricate my SRAP BUTTONS on my BASS. Not anything else or other things involving… Well, I’m not going to say it.
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It’s a language problem
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Sorry it took me so long to get back to you. I misplaced the old strap locks, then I found them and kept forgetting to respond. I’ve basically been a mess.
As you can see in the image, there is no shank. The screw on the right is the one that came with the strap locks. The one on the left is the original screw. You can’t really tell by the image, but the one on the right is just slightly smaller than the one on the left.
With all that said, thanks for sharing the video. I might try this out.
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All good. Yeah there is a shank; that’s the thick part of the screw from the head to the tip and the threads sit on the outside of the shank.
Toothpick and glue is a low stress option.
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