[Elecraft] [KX3] Case Doesn't Close Quite "Right"

[Joel Black]

I appreciate the replies.

To answer a few questions:

1. Yes, I built it from a kit, it is S/N 14xx. I measured each screw 
before installation, but it looks like I must have missed something.

2. On the left side (as you're looking at the display), the panel does 
not seat flush with the top panel. It is raised perhaps 0.5 - 1 mm above 
the top panel. I don't know if that affected how I was trying to close 
it to make everything flush.

3. If I don't set the top just right on the bottom, it rocks a bit. If I 
do get it just right, it still rocks, but not quite as much. I have not 
been able to see what it is rocking on. In addition to the rocking, 
something catches and "clicks." I didn't notice the click until I 
started trying to figure out about the gap from the original post.

Hmm... I just took out the eight Eneloop 2400 mAh batteries and, 
although the "rocking" is still there, for the most part, the gap is 
gone and I don't hear the clicking.

Yes, I realize I'm being anal about this.

I guess I will start dis-assembling and see where I screwed up.

73,
Joel - W4JBB

On 5/11/14, 4:59 PM, Joel Black wrote:
> I've had my KX3 for a while now and I noticed the other day that where 
> the bottom of the two halve meet up, there appears to be... Well, I'm 
> not sure how to describe it.
>
> Near the speaker, it appears the two halves don't meet up as well as 
> at the ends. If you look at the top half of the enclosure, it is 
> beveled and slides *inside* the bottom half. At either end, they mate 
> up well. Near the speaker, there appears to be a 3 - 4 mm gap where it 
> doesn't appear to meet up as well. Am I describing that in a way that 
> *anyone* understands?
>
> If it's normal, I'm good with that. However, if there's something I 
> should check, I will. I have looked at the ribbon cable and it is 
> folded the correct way. It is not pinched and the connectors seem to 
> be fully seated. Maybe I'm mashing (Southern term) the ends together 
> too far, but if I don't do that, the bottom of the sides and the 
> bottom half of the enclosure don't meet up "properly."
>
> I don't remember if I tried to "mate" the two halves without the 
> batteries inside the radio.
>
> If needed, I can send pictures.
>
> 73,
> Joel - W4JBB
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