[Elecraft] [K3] Assembly question

[David Ferrington, M0XDF]

I think it acts as a spacer and prevents you distorting the board by pulling it too close.
Get the nut tight enough and it doesn't rattle
73 de M0XDF, K3 #174
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On 17 Mar 2010, at 13:04, Mike wrote:

> Thanks, David.
> 
> I'm considering just leaving it out, it seems to serve no purpose.
> 
> 73, Mike NF4L
> 
> David Lankshear wrote:
>> It was a bit loose on my K3 #1122, but I've seen it as a close fit on other K3's and a slack fit on a couple of others.
>> 
>> Mine rattled when the internal speaker was used so I put a little bit of stuff called Blu-Tak on mine to stop it rattling. Subsequently, on  removing the DSP from the front panel to make changes, I used a tiny dot of superglue to fix it to the front panel.   After finger tightening the nut on the jack socket there's still a tiny gap but it doesn't rattle any more.