Fw: [Kenwood] Loose VFO Tuning knob

Mon, 9 Sep 2002 18:46:01 -0500

In my haste to send this earlier, I neglected to say which Transceiver this
was for................The Kenwood TS-870s and I was also corrected with the
fact that the allen screw is a metric rather than a 1/16.  1/16 happened to
fit it perfectly so that is what I assumed it was.  Sorry...............

Dennis K0CKD
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dennis G. Peterson" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, September 09, 2002 12:52 PM
Subject: [Kenwood] Loose VFO Tuning knob

> For those of you who have experienced the loose Main VFO Tuning knob
problem
> here is what I have found out.
>
> First of all, remove the rubber grip that encapsulates the main vfo.  It
> just pulls straight out.  Look for the small hole towards the back of the
> knob.  It has a 1/16 allen head screw resessed down inside that must be
> loosened up.  Check to see if the knob has come forward or not.  If it has
> move it back and retighten to see if this removes the wabble or knob
> movement.  If it doesn't, remove the knob and then examine the shaft the
> knob sits on.  At the back end there is a small gap.  This gap is reduced
by
> using a small c-clip between the gap area and then using a small pice of
> light plastic and make another clip to fit in with the c-clip.
>
> Place the knob back on and tighten securely.  Replace the rubber grip on
the
> vfo dial and check for wabble or movement.
>
> You should find that the dial has now become firmed up and the vfo and LED
> readout track one another again as it did from the factory.
Needlesstosay,
> NO NEED to replace the encoder.
>
> Hope this fixes your condition as it has mine.  Cost of this fix .$79 for
a
> c-clip vs $165.00 for an encoder that didn't need replaced.
>
> 73s    Dennis     K0CKD
>
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