Volume pot still passing signal when turned all the way down

[man-in-moon]

I replaced the wiring and pots in one of my guitars a few weeks ago. Everything has worked fine and sounded good up until today. When I roll the volume down it still passes about 3/4 of the signal even when all
the way off. It also sounds like I have rolled my tone knob down at the same time.
when in roll the volume back up it does not change at all until I get to around 8-9. I have checked all of my connections to see if anything came loose but they are still solid.

 

[Securb]

Is this a new or used pot? If used replace it. If it is used sounds like the resistive material may be shot or worn.

 

[man-in-moon]

It’s a new mojo vintage taper pot.

 

[beaubrummels]

I think you forgot to ground the volume third lug and/or connect it's back casing to ground.

 

[Artie]

I think you forgot to ground the volume third lug and/or connect it's back casing to ground.

This. You've lost the ground.

 

[man-in-moon]

Everything feels solid as far as grounds. It has worked fine for almost 2 weeks. I’m going to resolder everything to make sure nothing came loose.

 

[devastone]

Try retouching the ground connections, could be a flaky cold solder joint.

 

[ehdwuld]

This. You've lost the ground.

Ground
that's just how it works when the ground is missing
Becomes a tone pot

I bought a Squire from MF tha was "broken" with exactly that problem listed

It was the ground


To be clear
The ground on the volume pot itself was not connected

If any others were loose
That function would fail

But the volume fail is the ground on the volume pot is bad

 

[man-in-moon]

I went back and redid the grounds it still didn’t work. So I pulled that pot and replaced it with another one. Everything works fine now. I noticed the taper on the new pot is smoother than the other one. It was almost like the shaft on the old one was a little loose.

 

[ehdwuld]

wafer may have be detached

peel those tabs back and lets see

I am curious as I have never seen this before

do you think it may have overheated when attaching the grounds?

 

[formula73]

wafer may have be detached

peel those tabs back and lets see

I am curious as I have never seen this before

do you think it may have overheated when attaching the grounds?

I’ve done that a few times in the past. If you get the case too hot, you can melt the plastic that rides against the inside of the case and it’ll feel loose and gritty.