The shaft is relatively soft, use a pair of side cutters to cut little
notches in it. A nice criss cross pattern is the go. Don't go too hard
other wise you'll have two bits of shaft to throw across the garage in
disgust.
You'll see where the shaft attaches to the drive cog, this is the area
you want to abuse. You don't need much in the way of notches, what you
are trying to do is to make the shaft bigger in that little area so it
grips tight again on the cog and the other advantage of the notches is
that it gives the locktite something to 'bite' into.
The trick with locktite is to A: get the right stuff and B: after
assembly you have to turn the shaft so as the shaft does not locktite
itself to anything it should not. Sort of like turn after 10 minutes and
then give it another turn half an hour later.
It's a fiddly job but easy to do if you know how. The first time I did
it the number wheels fell out and I had a lot of fun putting it all back
together.
Hendrik
just about to pull the 124 cluster out to give it a freshen up, odo
works but the needles are faded and I got some sexy chrome rings to put
in there
Wonko the Sane wrote:
Uh ... when I "rough up" the shaft, do I just slap it around some or do I
punch it in the stomach and maybe kick it after it falls?
(Watching a documentary on The Mafia on History Channel right now.)
On Tue, Oct 21, 2008 at 6:54 PM, Hendrik & Fay <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote:
Experience tells us that roughening up the shaft and locktite is the best
long term solution.
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