[Hammarlund] Clock Repair

[Guido Santacana]

The 100W method worked very well for me on the Telechron clock in my HQ100.
The movement was very noisy and erratic. Now I can hardly hear it. I used
Mobil synthetic oil (0W20). There is a video on Youtube showing how to do
it. Next is the rotor of my HQ180A clock.

73s

Guido Santacana KP4FAR



On Wed, Oct 12, 2016 at 10:48 PM, Jim Pruitt <jpruitt67 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Ron,
> There is quite a bit of information on repairing or fixing the Telechron
> movements.  I ran into this with an old AA5 clock radio.  Most pages tell
> you that it is usually due to the oil drying up and/or caking inside
> gumming up the gear movement.  They suggest using a 100watt incandescent
> bulb (can you still buy those?) or a soldering gun like the Weller 8200's
> that use a wire for the heating element.  They put the motor upside down on
> the heat source then put one drop of 0 weight motor oil (like Mobile One I
> think) and apply heat until it sucks in the drop of oil.  I think they do
> that one more time and that I think frees up the old oil so it moves
> freely.  Other pages do like you said the repair person does and opens the
> motor but it is suggested that the heat and oil trick be tried first before
> opening the case.
>
> I am not sure if that helps but sure helped me on the Telechron motor for
> the AA5 clock radio.
>
> Good luck.
>
> Jim Pruitt
> WA7DUY
>
> On Wed, Oct 12, 2016 at 5:17 PM, K3PID <Ron.K3PID at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>
> > Just for future reference, I found a fellow who repairs the rotor used in
> > the Telechron clocks on the Hammarlund receivers. My HQ-180 clock sounded
> > like a thrashing machine on the rare occasion when it ran so I sent him
> the
> > rotor and he cut it apart and rebuilt it. I installed it today and it
> works
> > like new! Can’t even hear it run...
> >
> >
> > Robin Bowen out of Wayland, MI
> > Web site: www.boweclockservice.com
> > email: service at bowenclockservice.com
> >
> >
> >
> > 73
> > Ron K3PID
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