Still fighting my Axis action/tremolo

Still fighting my Axis action/tremolo

i’ve posted in the past about this guitar but now its much worse. I’ve always struggled to get great action on this guitar it seems to rise by the 12 fret, ive changed the neck relief many times (maybe i need a slight shim adjustment, not sure). Now, I can’t seem to get the tremolo in line. I used to use 9-42 and will probably go back to these at some point, however i’ve been working on a project thats in drop C and they were too loose. After struggling with them for a while i tried the heavy bottom strings, those didn’t work out for many reasons, so i went to a hybrid set of 9-46 (same i have on my Silhouette Special since i got it). I’ve completely given up on using this guitar with the drop C so i’m trying to get it back to standard tuning now.

The tremolo now is really out of whack. It is not only way too far forward but it also seems higher on the low E side (angled). Any advice? Do i need to add another spring (move the spring position)? If i need another spring/screw, are they universal, or do i need to get it from ? Do i need to tighten the claw? Sorry for the novice trem questions, in the past i’ve had guitars setup elsewhere, but really trying to learn this and save some money too!

Thanks.

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