"Mike Williams" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> made an utterance to the drakelist gang
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Agreed,
I have used Deoxit on the metallic surfaces and a bit of gun oil on the
bearings and races-very sparingly- and my old 4 line is smooth as silk.
Good DX!
Mike W4DL
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From: "Garey Barrell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Jason Buchanan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: "Drake list" <drakelist@www.zerobeat.net>
Sent: Sunday, January 08, 2006 11:58 AM
Subject: Re: [drakelist] R-4B bandswitch lubrication
Garey Barrell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> made an utterance to the drakelist
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Jason -
"Rubbing alcohol" from the drugstore has quite a bit of water AND often
Lanolin in it. Not very good for cleaning things.
Most drugstores also carry, or can get "97% Alcohol", with the remaining
3% being water. Alcohol is "anhydrous"? (I think that's correct) anyway,
it absorbs water. A bottle of _pure_ alcohol absorbs quite a bit of
water from the air if left open.
Unless the switch wafers are physically distorted from the absorbed
water/lubricant from the DeoxiT, (possible, but takes a LOT of DeoxiT,)
the most likely culprit is the bearings and detent mechanism on the switch
shaft. You can't get enough friction from just the contacts to make the
switch hard to turn. A (small) drop of light oil on the shaft bushings at
either end, and a bit of white grease on the ball detent mechanism will
free up the mechanics.
73, Garey - K4OAH
Atlanta
Drake C-Line Service Manual
<http://www.k4oah.com>
Would isopropyl work ok or ethanol only? I'll recommend this to my R-4A
buddy if he has problems.
Thanks,
Jason
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