[ARC5] BC-946 capacitor plates shorting?

[Waldo Magnuson]

Hi,
   I trying to get my BC-946 operational, capacitors replaced, etc.  I suspect the tuning capacitor plates are shorting because at the top end of the band I receive a station (Sacramento, CA from Spokane, WA) and at the bottom of the band a local station.  When I tune up, or down, it mostly goes quiet except for scratchies (is that a technical term?) noise.  On close inspection one of the rotor plates may be touching a stator plate, hard to see and tell.
   Any fix suggestions would be appreciated.  Removing the gang capacitor looks messy.
Skip Magnuson W7WGM 
Spokane, WA