[Collins] 75A4...Name the type set screws holding dial drum to shaft

Robert Spooner rls19 at psu.edu
Wed Jun 25 17:21:57 EDT 2014


John,

Can you look at them with a lighted magnifier and see what they are that way?

73,
Bob AD3K

On Jun 25, 2014, at 3:06 PM, John King via Collins <collins at mailman.qth.net> wrote:

> I need to remove the dial drum from my 75A4 and can't tell whether the set screws holding the drum on the shaft are Bristol spline set screws or Allen head screws? I don't want to strip out the screws ruin them. I cannot see well enough to determine the correct tool to loosen the two set screws holding the dial drum to the shaft. I am in the process of replacing the dial drum overlay.
> 
> If someone knows for sure whether Bristol or Allen tool is the correct on for this application, PLEASE share that information to me. I am well aware that folks sometimes ruing Collins knobs by failing to use the correct tool for the job. Thanks and 73, John, K5PGW
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