[Heathkit] HW Series - Rubber Ring Source

[Jim Shorney]

On Sun, 19 Jun 2005 13:38:59 -0400, Bwana Bob wrote:

>You can also replace the rings with dial cord. This was done by Heath on 
>the later HW-101's and the SB-102.  some owners have also replaced the 
>belts on the driver-preselector capacitors with dial cord. This is 
>described on one of the web sites. I'll check to see if I can locate the 
>article.


I did this years ago to my HW101, including the driver-preselctor. The
pullys are standard dial cord type pullys. It's a pain in the rear to
do, but the results are well worth it. IIRC I scavenged some springs
from clicky-style ballpoint pens for the cord tension springs.



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