[Kenwood] Update.TS930/940/950 tuning knob rubber ring.

[Rick May]

Hello All,

    I ordered a pair of rubber vfo trim rings for the 870S recently, 
Kenwood part number K29-4966-04, from EastCoast Parts ($7.06 ea.) and 
used them on a 930S and 940S VFO's.  They are the corrrect diameter but 
are about 1/4" wider then the original rubber rings. I used a very sharp 
scalpel to trim them and they work perfectly. The 'knurl' pattern is 
different than the original but it seems to me to be a better option 
than using model tire rubber.


Rick KC0HH
Lamar, Colorado




John E. Cleeve wrote:

> I would like thank everyone that responded to my request for a 
> possible source of the above.
> The outcome of my enquiries is, that only Pacific Coast Parts, in the 
> USA, still show the Kenwood part number, K29-0761-04 as being 
> available, currently out of stock,  on "back order" but with no 
> expected delivery date shown. Pacific Coast Parts are accepting orders 
> for the item @ $14 per rubber ring. But, the order being acceptable 
> only from a USA address.
> If you live outside the USA, and do not have a friend in the USA who 
> would be prepared to order the replacement rubber ring for you, then 
> my own research offers a possible alternative, and that is, to make 
> your own replacement, by following, and adapting, the advice given by 
> a renown model car maker, Gerald A. Wingrove, on producing scale model 
> car tyres in rubber....in his book "The Complete Car Modeller" ISBN 1 
> 86126 644 8. Published by The Crowood Press Ltd. www.crowood.com  
> Chapter two "Tyres & Wheels" he gives comprehensive and detailed 
> instructions, together with clear photographs, on the construction of 
> patterns, moulds, and the use of Dow Corning Corp. silcone rubber, to 
> reproduce "scale" model tyres, and his results are very impressive, 
> and without the use of a full machine shop facility.....principles 
> which could easily be applied "on the kitchen table" to the 
> reproduction of the Kenwood tuning knob rubber ring, by using the 
> original, if you still have it, as the "pattern". This will be my own 
> "plan B" option, if my "back ordered" part, via a friend in the USA, 
> eventually fails to appear....I hope this information has been of use 
> to the group....sincerely, John G3JVC.
>
>
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