Re: [Elecraft] K2 VFO Friction

[W3FPR]

Joel,

Do you have the old or the new encoder? look in the hole to the right of 
the encoder shaft - if you see a bit of green, it is the old encoder, if 
nothing in that hole it is the new one.
The new encoder needs 3 felt washers stacked while the old encoders need 
only one.


Contact Elecraft, and they will send them to you.

73,
Don W3FPR

On 3/26/2024 10:21 AM, Joel Black wrote:

My K2 VFO knob spins a little more freely than I'd like. I took it off and 
looked at the felt and it appears pretty thin and worn.

I really thought about using the felt rings that you can get for 12 VDC battery 
terminals but wondered if anything’s on those rings (anti-corrosive) that would 
keep me from doing that. Otherwise, is there anything that anyone has found 
that works particularly well?

Thanks,
Joel - W4JBB
K2 #4833
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Re: [Elecraft] K2 VFO Friction

[Curt Nixon]

The felt furniture foot pads
Use a paper hole punch
Curt  KU8L


On Tue, Mar 26, 2024, 10:23 AM Joel Black  wrote:

> My K2 VFO knob spins a little more freely than I'd like. I took it off and
> looked at the felt and it appears pretty thin and worn.
>
> I really thought about using the felt rings that you can get for 12 VDC
> battery terminals but wondered if anything’s on those rings
> (anti-corrosive) that would keep me from doing that. Otherwise, is there
> anything that anyone has found that works particularly well?
>
> Thanks,
> Joel - W4JBB
> K2 #4833
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Re: [Elecraft] K2 VFO Friction

[Ed W0YK]

Elecraft can send the proper part.73,Ed W0YK
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Date: 3/26/24  07:23  (GMT-08:00) To: Elecraft List  
Subject: [Elecraft] K2 VFO Friction My K2 VFO knob spins a little more freely 
than I'd like. I took it off and looked at the felt and it appears pretty thin 
and worn.I really thought about using the felt rings that you can get for 12 
VDC battery terminals but wondered if anything’s on those rings 
(anti-corrosive) that would keep me from doing that. Otherwise, is there 
anything that anyone has found that works particularly well?Thanks,Joel - 
W4JBBK2 
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Re: [Elecraft] K2 VFO Friction

[Mike Dodd]

On 3/26/2024 10:21 AM, Joel Black wrote:


I really thought about using the felt rings that you can get for 12 VDC battery 
terminals but wondered if anything’s on those rings (anti-corrosive) that would 
keep me from doing that. Otherwise, is there anything that anyone has found 
that works particularly well?


Check at your local fabric store or Walmart and look for felt sheets. 
Then you can your own disk without worrying about what's in the felt. 
Here's a Walmart link: 



--- mike N4CF


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[Elecraft] K2 VFO Friction

[Joel Black]

My K2 VFO knob spins a little more freely than I'd like. I took it off and 
looked at the felt and it appears pretty thin and worn.

I really thought about using the felt rings that you can get for 12 VDC battery 
terminals but wondered if anything’s on those rings (anti-corrosive) that would 
keep me from doing that. Otherwise, is there anything that anyone has found 
that works particularly well?

Thanks,
Joel - W4JBB
K2 #4833
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