[Boatanchors] capacitor retaining brackets?

[Nick England]

Thanks for the replies, guys - several folks will check their junkboxes and
I got several good suggestions on repair or making new spade bolts. As an
experiment, I pounded flat the ends of a couple of brass screws and made
something "not so beautiful" but probably useful. Then as I was coming out
of the shop, I remember another p/s I had squirreled away and checked the
caps on it - nope none fit but I did see the studs (spade bolts) were
riveted on instead of welded - so I can drill out the rivets and have some
nice spade bolts to use on the busted brackets if need be. For now, I've
got the cap tie-wrapped in place and will see what the junk-box searches
turn up.
Many thanks - what a helpful bunch of folks you are!
73 & Have Fun,
Nick K4NYW


On Fri, Feb 15, 2013 at 2:39 PM, Nick England <navy.radio at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi gang - I need a couple of oil-filled capacitor retaining brackets for a
> transmitter I'm restoring - mouse pee corroded these so bad the studs
> broke. The brackets are 3" wide and 5" tall with two 1" 10-32 threaded
> mounting studs for connection to the chassis.
> The original type (Sangamo CP07SG4) is shown here -
> http://www.navy-radio.com/xmtrs/frt17-2/cap-bracket-02.JPG
> Any suggestions? - SurplusSales doesn't have any that would fit.
>
> Alternatively, is there a source for 10-32 x 1" spade bolts that I could
> mount to the existing bracket?
>
> Or, some other suggestions about how to repair these - the mounting studs
> were originally spot-welded to the brackets. Flatten a piece of 10-32 rod
> on an anvil to make my own studs and epoxy them on? or ???
>
> thanks,
> Nick K4NYW
>
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