[Hallicrafters] SX-62 Tuning Slack

[Julian Bunn]

I had to restring the tuning on an SX-62, and I followed the stringing diagram carefully: it's not a complicated layout. I used 
fishing line, which I've used with success in other receivers. However, I am not at all satisfied with the way the tuning operates: 
there is "play" in the knob ... so that if you turn the knob slightly past a station, then going back takes more turn than it 
should. It makes using the receiver frustrating, to say the least. I don't know whether to blame my restringing, or whether to blame 
the bearing of the tuning knob's shaft, which has some backward/forward slack.

Does anyone have any advice on this?

Thanks!
Julian