[ARC5] Command TX Repairs

[Dennis Monticelli]

Improper packing of a transmitter I bought at auction resulted in
dislodging of some of the ball bearings but thankfully not the glass
balls.  This rig broke a rollerductor ceramic supporting arm also.  With
effort I located all but one of the tiny ball bearings in the bottom of the
box among the sparsely supplied styrofoam peanuts and then managed to
reinsert them.  The rotor turns just fine with only one steel ball
missing.  I got a new ceramic arm from a junker.

Dennis AE6C


On Mon, Nov 14, 2011 at 8:43 PM, J. Forster <jfor at quikus.com> wrote:

> On most variable caps, the inner end of the shaft has a single ball as a
> thrust & rotation bearing. The other end has a ring of balls in thrust and
> the shaft goes through the center of the ring. The shaft is the inner
> race, the frame the outer race.
>
> -John
>
> ==============
>
>
> >
> > On Nov 14, 2011, at 11:04 PM, Dennis pharr wrote:
> >
> >> ... And, if the
> >> suspension beads are gone, it's likely the ball bearings have fallen
> >> out as
> >> well.
> >
> > If I remember right: the glass suspension beads hold the stators in
> > place, and the ball bearings hold one (or both) ends of the rotor in
> > place.
> >
> > Roy
> >
> > Roy Morgan
> > k1lky at earthlink.net
> > K1LKY Since 1958 - Keep 'em Glowing!
> >
> >
> >
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