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For those this has not yet happened to...... A small smear of lithium
grease on the wiping surfaces of the detent will go a long way in
preventing this from happening.. They were greased when they left the
factory, but that was a "while" ago. That same grease that hardens and
crumbles off of the PTO bearing has long since crumbled and fallen off
the switch detent too. A drop of DeoxIT on each switch tag and a smear
of white grease on the detent will help avoid that lovely replacement job!!
73, Garey - K4OAH
Rome, GA
Drake B & C Line Service Information CDs
http://www.k4oah.com
DW Harms wrote:
Hi Chris and the others,
What you describe is exactly what happend here too. When rotating the
function switch one could hear a "scratchy noise" rather than a profound
click.
I solved it in a different way than you but almost similar. I removed the
residu of the old "raised area" and created a new one of the brass on the
outer part of the ring. It works fine and if this warns in time before
me, I
can always go for the silversolder idea ;)
Hope this is informative to others too.
73, Dick PA2DW
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Namens Christopher Kovacs
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I had a problem with my function switch. It lost it's indent so that you
could not feel the indent of where the switch position was located.
I ended up taking the switch apart to discover that the brass raised area
where the switch passes was worn to the point it was flat and the bass
indent was no more. What I did was to file this area to accept silver
solder. I melted a small blob which match the missing indent. I
re-assembled the switch it it was as good as new. Now I am not sure how
long this will last, but it's better than no indent position of the
switch;
I guess I could always "touch it up".
Hope this helps others....
Cheers,
Chris w0anm
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