[Icom] rubber grip glue

Mon, 01 Jul 2002 09:37:45 -0400

This rubber grip tuning knob design seems to be on many of today's radios starting back a few years. Before that I noticed it on things like focus rings on camera lens assemblies and other places. I have noticed that Kenwood's are the easiest to remove and Yaesu's are the hardest. The Icoms are somewhere in the middle. The biggest problem you can face is the need to remove the darn thing later when you have to get the front panel off -- if that is a consideration for you. Chris, in his message below, implies that with his good suggestion.

- Bill, WA9MXQ

"Chris Ryskoski" <[email protected]> wrote:

>Hi All ,If you do decide to glue it ,you may want to test it to make sure it
>doesn't hurt the rubber ,if it is rubber.I found this out to late, the hard
>way and it caused the rubber to swell permanently.Something less permanent
>may be to rub it with a glue stick of the type for children,likely less
>permanent but may be just sticky enough to hold it nicely.Chris ,KB9ZLJ
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