Message: 5Date: Mon, 5 Dec 2011 09:45:13 -0500 (GMT-05:00)From: Steve
Wedge To: k4oah@mindspring.comCc:
drakelist@zerobeat.netSubject: Re: [Drakelist] Sources for PTO return
spring?Message-ID:
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I forgot to add, use an old pair of dikes for clipping turns off of a
spring. It will ruin a pair of dikes in no time. (don't ask me how I know)
Bob K6GGO
Hi Steve,
I would probably just go to the local hardware store and pick out a
spring that is a bit on the loose (less tension) side and cl
Hi Steve,
I would probably just go to the local hardware store and pick out a
spring that is a bit on the loose (less tension) side and clip a couple
of turns at a time off of it until it was
the proper tension. Then just bend down the last loop and hook it. I was
a field service tech for Eastm
m: Garey Barrell
>Sent: Dec 4, 2011 10:08 PM
>To: Steve Wedge
>Cc: drakelist@zerobeat.net
>Subject: Re: [Drakelist] Sources for PTO return spring?
>
>Steve -
>
>I found a suitable spring at an ACE hardware store a few years ago. They have
>the little plastic
>boxes
Steve -
I found a suitable spring at an ACE hardware store a few years ago. They have the little plastic
boxes with about 15 compartments in each one that are full of all sorts of odd things. Knurled
thumb screws, Lamp hardware, odd pieces of hardware, and on had a whole selection of springs.
I opened up the second R-4B that I'm refurbing for a fellow ham and was a bit
shocked at seeing that someone has taken what could be a carburettor spring,
fastened one end to the yoke and the other to the can capacitor with a hose
clamp (!). They also took a piece of braid/solder wick, attached
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