[Drake] Dial Grease ?

[Transmaster]

My absolute favorite oil for lubricating anything in a radio is Zoom
turbine oil, "Zoom Spout Oil"  www.zoomspoutoiler.com/  I get my Zoom
Oil at the local Maytag sales and repair shop.

On 12/15/06, GGLL <nagato at arnet.com.ar> wrote:
>         Could be small dirt balls (made up from accumulated dust, obviously mixed
> with the old grease)?. So when you move the dial back and forth it sits on
> another place. Perhaps washing the mechanism with isoprophyl alcohol, then
> re-greasing it, could do the job.
> I also own an R-4B. But no matching line Tx :(
>
> Best regards
> Guillermo - LU8EYW.
>
> K4BEV at aol.com escribió:
> >
> > I'm quite sorry. I should have changed the Subject line before responding  to
> > "Re: [Drake] hello?". It makes a thread much easier to find  later. So here
> > it is again...
> >
> > I'm using a T-4XC and R-4B combo. I've *modified* the R-4B so that the  dial
> > lamp follows the TRANSCEIVE switch on the T-4XC just like the  R-4C's does. I
> > had  an R-4C with no mods and so fell in love with the  R-4B once I heard one
> > -
> > Great  receiver, but I missed telling where the  TR switch was in the dark...
> > Love that  blue glow!
> >
> > My dilemma:  The main tuning dial on the T-4XC is as smooth as silk on silk,
> > but  the R-4B develops what I will call "hard spots" after sitting for a
> > while. Rocking the dial through the hard spots for a bit fixes  it,  till it
> > sits in
> > one place for a while with the radio off.
> > I believe that  the grease is hardening around the bearings and THAT is the
> > problem.
> > It is more than likely the original lubrication.
> >
> > Should I  just leave well enough alone or replace the grease? If replacement
> > is  recommended; which grease should I use? Would leaving the receiver on
> > STBY,
> > instead of turning it off, keep the grease warm enough that the problem
> > would  resolve itself? Is it advisable to just let it sit there in STBY  all
> > of the
> > time?
> >
> > 73, Don -   K4BEV
> >
> >
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