Gary:
You nailed it! Both gears move freely, except for the slight binding I mentioned in my original e-mail. I’ll have a go at securing the outer gear to the bushing. Now that you’ve described how it should work I’m confident that it will solve my problem. My concern is whether or not I’ll be able to do the fix. I’ll be leaving town this evening so I may not get to it before the weekend. I’ll be sure to post my results once I’m done with it. Not having a spare gear train to compare parts I’d have been scratching my head over this one for quite some time. Thanx much for taking the time and trouble to look into this for me. 73, Jim W2BVM From: Gary Poland [mailto:gpola...@cinci.rr.com] Sent: Tuesday, October 11, 2011 9:34 AM To: radio6...@yahoo.com; drakelist@zerobeat.net Subject: Re: [Drakelist] R-4C PTO Dial Mechanism Problem Jim, After re-reading your email I do believe your problem is with the anti-backlash gear/bushing shown in your pictures 6 and 7 as you suspected. The two anti-backlash gears are suppose to be tight and not easily move on the brass bushing. I think you could probably tighten them up by placing the assy in a vise and “ peening “ the aft gear at the brass bushing with something round such as a socket or tube. The other possibility would be maybe to try and solder the bushing to the aft gear. Like I said in my previous email the gears are suppose to be tight on the brass bushing but at least one gear would need to be slightly free to move for the anti-backlash to work. The gear assy I have both gears will move on the bushing with some force applied. 73, Gary
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