[Heathkit] HW100 final load cap

[Carl]

If its oil based its hard to beat gasoline

Carl
KM1H


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dick KF4NS" <kf4nsradio at verizon.net>
To: <heathkit at mailman.qth.net>; "Bob Macklin" <macklinbob at msn.com>
Sent: Friday, March 04, 2011 6:55 PM
Subject: Re: [Heathkit] HW100 final load cap


> Yep, that was it. The reading is now .0014 ohms.I did manage to get
> the oil (SB Blaster) out of the between section bushings but then the
> shaft REALLY tightened up. I did not clean the front bearing of any
> lubricants, so I proceeded to apply contact cleaner to it followed by
> a squirt of liquid wrench L3 which is a penetrant/lubricant. It seemed
> to free up a bit but stiffened right up again. Wish there was a way to
> spin the pulley for a period of time but can't because of the stops on
> the cap.
> 
> If there was ever a need for dial string design, this would be the it,
> or better, a direct shaft connection. The belt is as tight as it can
> be and is fairly new. It must be the original grease that has
> hardened. I am thinking of applying heat to the shaft to try to
> extricate some of that old grease. Running out of ideas here.
> 73, Dick KF4NS
> St Petersburg, FL 33714 USA
> Keep The Glow!
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Bob Macklin" <macklinbob at msn.com>
> To: "Dick KF4NS" <kf4nsradio at verizon.net>; <heathkit at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Thursday, March 03, 2011 7:48 PM
> Subject: Re: [Heathkit] HW100 final load cap
> 
> 
> : Check the continuity between the shaft and frame while you rotate
> it!
> :
> : Bob Macklin
> : K5MYJ
> : Seattle, Wa.
> : "Real Radios Glow In The Dark"
> : ----- Original Message ----- 
> : From: "Dick KF4NS" <kf4nsradio at verizon.net>
> : To: <heathkit at mailman.qth.net>
> : Sent: Thursday, March 03, 2011 4:36 PM
> : Subject: [Heathkit] HW100 final load cap
> :
> :
> : > Yea, the demon has hit me too. That darn C924 variable load cap
> got
> : > too tight. I had no desire to disassemble the whole cage, Now the
> real
> : > problem. I got it to free up by squirting penetrating oil on the
> : > bearing and all the bushings for the three sections. Afterwards I
> : > tuned up and found that the normal functioning control has stopped
> : > functioning except at the full ccw position tuning into a
> calibrated
> : > 50ohm dummy load. Used to work, now caput.
> : >
> : > What evel doth I do?
> : >
> : > 73, Dick KF4NS
> : > St Petersburg, FL 33714 USA
> : > Keep The Glow!
> : >
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