[Milsurplus] BC-348 Backlash/Play - Success!

[David Stinson]

Those who suggested lighter fluid / naptha,
give yourselves a gold star!

I got some "Ronsonol" lighter fluid at a local store.
Put some on an old toothbrush and gentley
cleaned away the last of the old grease and dirt between
the gear teeth.  Then used a needle end to pry the two
halves of the split gear apart so I could "flush" them with 
the fluid.  Rotated the gear and kept flushing.  Used 
about a third of the bottle.  
It wasn't all that stinky and smelling it di-di-di-didn't -t -t
affe-fe-fe-fect me nu- nu- nu- nun!

I also tore some thin strips of white printer paper and 
tucked them as far as I could between the gear halves, 
pulling them back out and dragging crud out with them,
but I stopped doing that when a bit of paper got left behind
and I had the very devil getting it back out.

Once it dried 
(all that old grease residue collected
 under the gear and on its side), 
I put a couple of drops of  3-n-1 Electric Motor Oil
on the spiral worm gear on the shaft,
not on the split gear.   I left the split gear dry.
The "wibble-wobble" is almost completely gone!
Hurrah!

To everyone who contributed, I thank you.

73 DE Dave AB5S