[R-390] Reverse Migratory Habits of RF Decks

[Scott, Barry (Clyde B)]

>  Yes,
>  
>  One flew through the door Friday here in the Great
>  White North, NY, that is.  It had a tag on it saying
>  it was from one of the Barrys in Alabama, thanks,
>  Barry!
>  

You're welcome, but please see comments below.

>  Anyway, it was a typical mess, someone had greased it
>  long, long ago,....... probably not Barry.  The grease
>  had turned to glue, the ten turn stops were all stuck
>  together, the split gears were stuck together, the
>  clutch was in pieces in a bag, two corners were bent,
>  the MC detent spring is missing,.......BARRY??
>  

Nope, the grease wasn't from me.  Sorry about the missing MC detent spring.  I had completely forgotten about it being gone.  I did, however, tell you in detail the condition of the deck (bent corner, clutch being dissassembled, etc.) and you kept saying "Send it on!" so I did.  I certainly hope you weren't surprised with its condition.  BTW, I only remember one bent corner.  Where was the other one?  I hope it wasn't done in shipping.  Perhaps I just overlooked it.  Don't know.

>  I stared at it for a few hours while doing other
>  things, then I did it!  I tore it apart!  I ignored
>  the little voices saying "Better make a drawing of
>  that!", "Better check the manual first!"  HAH!  not
>  me, I'm diving IN!!
>  
>  I soaked half of the gears Friday night, the other
>  half Saturday night, got it put together Sunday night,
>  Monday morning I found out the manual isn't much help
>  anyway! 
>  
>  There's a nice homey feel to having a bucket filled
>  with Kerosene and gears soaking  in the kitchen sink!
>  
>  I had to put the four top, right gear groups together
>  three times before I figured out which ones went on
>  first, I got the Geneva drive plate upside down on the
>  first try, and I had the bandswitch gear and the
>  clutch drive gear swapped, but that wasn't too hard to
>  find.
>  
>  The Geneva plate also had a bent pin that I
>  straightened, must have been rammed against the stop
>  too hard.  It works nicely now.
>  
>  I did, however, manage to put the clutch together
>  right the first time,......... after I found all the
>  parts.
>  

I placed the clutch parts in individual plastic bags and placed them inside smaller boxes inside the main box.  I thought they would be pretty easy to find.

>  Adjusted the 10 turn stops, the band switch, the
>  counter (KC gear is missing, too), did a two tooth
>  preload on all gears, lubed with Hoppe's No. 9 gun
>  oil.
>  
>  What a SCHMOOZY!!
>  
>  Not much wear on the gears, cams, or slides, I wonder
>  if this deck ever got much use.  Its a 1956 Motorola
>  with two different serial numbers.
>  
>  Deck corners straightened, MC gears straightened, no
>  damaged teeth, they run true, quiet, and free so I
>  won't change them.  MC and KC shafts straight and
>  true, too.
>  
>  I found that none of the split gear sets would slide
>  past each other so I took Nolan's suggestion and honed
>  the burrs off each gear, especially No. 74 which
>  because of the grease and burrs wouldn't move at all! 
>  That has to be the most expensive single gear in the
>  whole set with its internal spring set in the hollowed
>  out halves.  I filed that one, it took a lot of work,
>  too.  The burrs were quite big, but that gear has a
>  lot of force on it and makes many revolutions as a
>  pinion against the big gears of the differential.
>  
>  Fun puzzle!
>  
>  Not nearly as bad as it looks.
>  
>  Joe

Glad you got it cleaned up and working smoothly.  As I say, I hope you weren't disappointed with this.  I was a bit surprised to see the report here on the list and no contact with me off the list.  That being the case, I assume all was okay after all or I would have heard from you off the list?  On the one hand it almost appears you didn't like what you got, but after cleaning, etc., it appears you are happy with it.  Being published on the list, I want to make sure I'm not given a bad name on this list with this transaction.  I was as honest with you as I could be about the condition of the deck before we closed the deal.

BTW, a day or so after I shipped it, I did find one of the small, thin (0.010"?) washers on the carpet.  I don't know if it came from that deck or not as I was reassembling my at the time I had that one apart.  If you need it, I'll be happy to send it to you.  I don't have a detent spring or I'd send you that as well.

Regards,

Barry - N4BUQ