[ARC5] lubricating BC-221 or LM freq meter gearing

[Dennis Monticelli]

Ken,

I have some of that stuff and I do like it, but as it's name implies, the
stuff really flows and I'm not sure I want a lot of flow for this
particular application.

Dennis


On Tue, Jan 21, 2014 at 12:35 PM, Kenneth G. Gordon <
kgordon2006 at frontier.com> wrote:

> On 21 Jan 2014 at 12:14, Dennis Monticelli wrote:
>
> > I have the LM version and while the freq knob turns freely I can feel
> > every tooth engage and disengage; it's a bit rough.  As far as I know
> > no lubrication was used originally (except for the shaft bearing which
> > is not the issue) so the good news is nothing as gummed up.  But I
> > wonder if judicious application of the right lubricant would make the
> > tuning much smoother.  I did check the action of the anti-backlash and
> > it is working correctly.  Has anybody tried applying lubricant to
> > smooth the worm gear to anti-backlash gear interface?
>
> I routinely use Tri-Flow bicycle lube for that sort of stuff.
>
> Ken W7EKB
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