American Fender Telecaster Nut Failed

I recently received this american Fender Telecaster for a setup. It had issues with nut adjusting before, and now it turned out that it was also stripped. Therefore, I recommended to replace it.
In general, this is a simple process, but it requires some experience and time. To begin with, you need to unscrew the nut completely, and continue to unscrew it so that it begins to press on the walnut plug insert. In this case I was relatively lucky as I had a fresh wrench (slightly larger than the original 1/8 inch) with which I was able to start moving the nut. As a temporary solution, of course, I can adjust it like this and leave it as it is, until the next time. But it's not very cool and I don't like to leave surprises for the next person who will do the setup, besides the sound with which it was unscrewed did not promise anything good. After this step, you just need to heat the insert (very convenient with a soldering iron) and unscrew the nut little by little. The heat will soften the glue and the pressure from the nut will push out the wooden insert. I had a relatively bad case, because usually it is pushed out completely and dismantling is quite easy. But mine just split and only the upper half began to push out. Anyway, it's okay, thanks to the heated glue, I was able to adequately separate the remains of the wood. A bit cleaning inside of the hole, after which you can already put a new nut. Here you can see my genuine surprise because it's the first time I see such fault :) But I heard about that, so I almost always have a supply of such spare parts, so I just take out a new one, lubricate and put it in place. After the nut comes a washer and then goes a walnut insert that I glue with Titebond.
The next day you can already cut off the remains of the wood, I like to begin with chisels. For finishing steps I use sandpaper (400 grit) and a small fine scraper. I use superglue to restore the varnish, sand it flat and polish it with my "portable" buffer.
And that`s all :)

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