[Elecraft] Concentric knobs??

[Guy Olinger K2AV]

Having managed to break a few myself (have to remind myself I'm not
rebuilding an auto engine), I think what is going on is that the knobs
are (or were) still curing, causing them to shrink a tiny bit after
being tightened on the shaft.

I think the curing accelerates after being put on the radio because
they have free air around them, instead of being in a bin or box. I
found the screws TIGHTER a week after I put the knobs on.  I simply
loosened and retightened them to "pinky torque" and no problems since.

Pinky torque is to use your pinky ONLY as pressure on the allen wrench
when tightening. One probably does not even need that much.

73, Guy.

On Thu, Jun 23, 2011 at 1:46 AM, hb9ari <hb9ari at bluewin.ch> wrote:
> Hi Brian,
>
> Thank you for the reply.
> As i bought an assembled K3, i don't
> tighten the screws.
> As Tim explained in his message, this "problem"
> was present sometimes in a particular batch.
>
> I will send an email to the "parts" department.
>
> My best 73,
> Rudi, HB9ARI
>
>
>
> On 23.06.2011 00:50, Brian Maynard wrote:
>> I had the same problem at the time I built K3 #4974. Elecraft sent
>> replacements right away (the usual excellent service), and coached me not to
>> over tighten the set screws (two per knob). The knobs are pretty soft and
>> deform easily if over tightened.
>>
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