[drakelist] Re: Lubricants and plastics...

2008-07-26 Thread Guy Giacopuzzi
I wish we had a engineering materials person who could comment on thisbut I do have one experience I think should be sharedin addition to restoring Heathkits, Collins and Drake radios, I occasionally work on my 1976 911S Porscheone of the bugaboos is the pedal assemblyit has

Re: [drakelist] Re: Lubricants and plastics...

2008-07-26 Thread Don Cunningham
I really don't know what we are worried about with the nylon gears. If the gears were spinning the whole time the radio is on, I'm sure the designers would have taken that into account and made them brass or something needing lubing. As it is, these gears only function to show the change in

RE: [drakelist] Re: Lubricants and plastics...

2008-07-26 Thread Steve Aronson
Subject: [drakelist] Re: Lubricants and plastics... I wish we had a engineering materials person who could comment on thisbut I do have one experience I think should be sharedin addition to restoring Heathkits, Collins and Drake radios, I occasionally work on my 1976 911S Porscheone

Re: [drakelist] Re: Lubricants and plastics...

2008-07-26 Thread W4AWM
Be extremely careful using graphite, either in powder or spray form, around electronics. It is a conductor and can cause all kinds of grief it it splatters. 73, John, W4AWM **Get fantasy football with free live scoring. Sign up for FanHouse Fantasy Football today.