[Elecraft] K3 VFO A knob grip removal

[DOUGLAS ZWIEBEL]

Mike:

My K3 (#295) is now almost exactly 2 months old.  The "fingernail"
method still works here (just tried it).  I cannot say if Elecraft
changed the grip material between yours and mine, cuz I don't know.

Alternatively, I tired (just now):

Using the "cap" from a ball point pen and pushing the part of the cap
that "hangs onto your shirt pocket" between the knob and the grip.  It
worked fine.  This "separates" the two and allows for "access" to the
rubbery grip.

Then I also tried using a small "blade type" screwdriver (as opposed
to a phillips, etc) and that worked much better, but you risk marring
up the knob.

After using either method (or both, depending upon what you have
around the shack), you can use a needle-nosed or long-nosed pliers to
grab the "rubbery grip" and gently pull it forward a little.  Then you
can easily go back to the fingernail method.

And with respect to the fingernail method, try using two hands at
once.  Place your thumb(s) on the flat surface of the knob, then place
your hands around the knob/grib (one "left" and one "right").  Then
reach back to where the rubbery grip meets (met) the back of the knob
(there should now be a "gap" there, since you pulled it the grip
forward a little with a pliers), and continue to slid it off of the
knob.

Good Luck!
de Doug KR2Q (supposedly in the WPX contest right now, but gosh, the
bands are bad).