[Elecraft] K3 AF Knob - No End Stops/Detents

[Don Wilhelm]

Scott,

Remove the knob and try turning the potentiometer shaft without the 
knob.  If the potentiometer has stops as expected, the potentiometer is 
OK, and you have a cracked knob.
Contact Elecraft support to obtain a new knob.

73,
Don W3FPR

On 6/6/2018 5:21 PM, Scott wrote:
> It's taken me 8 years to finally "break" something.  Well it's not 
> really broken it just doesn't indicate right.
> 
> The smallest AF knob (the one furthest "out" from the front panel) does 
> not stop at the min and max detent stops.  It still adjusts the volume 
> up and down ok but it does not indicate properly.  Additionally it will 
> go "all the way around" to adjust the volume.  The interior sub receiver 
> AF knob (the biggest and closest to the radio front panel) works fb.
> 
> Is there any way to fix the smallest AF knob without changing the pot or 
> is that the only fix.  Thanks in advance.