I recently dug into an R4B to try to find out why it was not working. One thing that I found is the brass plate that sits on the threaded main shaft that also push/pulls the coil slug in and out was at the back of the housing and was out of threads so the main threaded rod was not picking up that slide. I unscrewed the adjusting allen screw a half turn and that gave me part of a thread for the slide to grab but that also pulled that threaded shaft back enough that the ball bearings fell out and went everywhere.
So I am looking for a source for those ball bearings and also need some info on how that pto goes back together mechanically. I have the article from WB8RCR's site but do not see what I am looking for (to see how the ball bearings are held in there and also whether a washer is needed between the brass plate and the housing). I found a few of the bearings but I must be missing something because there was nothing to hold them in the race they had fallen out of so they fell again. I thought the tapered collar on the threaded shaft also held the bearings into the race but I either can not get that collar far enough forward and being too far forward the shaft will not turn. If it is backed off slightly it will turn but the bearings fall out. Also when all the way forward like the there are enough threads for the brass plate and it runs off the end and will not start forward again. Does anyone have a url or a good description of how the pto goes together and still works and travels? Thank you. Jim Pruitt ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Submissions: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - subscribe drakelist in body Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - unsubscribe drakelist in body Hopelessly Lost: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - help in body of message Brought to you courtesy of TLCHost.net http://www.tlchost.net/ ----------------------------------------------------------------------
