[Hallicrafters] SX-42 Parts Needed

[Rich Soennichsen]

Thanks for the advice, I 'll watch for the extra set screw.  I am
missing all of them though there was a set of spline-type wrenches
taped to the RF cover!
Do you happen to know the size and pitch of the set screws?  I have no
representational sample to take to the hardware store.

73

Rich

On 1/3/06, Roy Morgan <roy.morgan at nist.gov> wrote:
> At 06:50 PM 1/2/2006, Rich Soennichsen wrote:
> >I need the following for my SX-42:
> ...
> >Set screws for all the knobs.
>
>
> Beware.
>
> I don't know what the setscrews are in most of the knobs, but in the SX-42
> we*  were working on yesterday, the setscrews in the bandspread knob:
>
> - are SPLINE, not "allen" or normal hex.
> - are accessed through a hole in the main tuning knob
> - are two in number - don't assume you have it after you've loosened only one.
>
> * IThe thing belongs to Bob, W0YVA.  see:
> http://www.isquare.com/personal_pages/sx42.htm
>
> Notes:
> 1) we took off this knob to get a drop or two of oil into the centermost
> locking knob shaft.  This cured an annoying noise when the bandspread knob
> was tuned quickly.
> 2) Very nice stick-on replacements for the locking knob arrow are
> available. See the above web link.
>
> Roy
>
>
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