[R-390] Clutch!

Barry N4BUQ at aol.com
Sun May 15 00:51:16 EDT 2005


Perhaps.  I disassembled and reassembled the first one several times with
the same results.  I'm thinking of doing a geartrain rebuild on it so I'll
dig into it one more time then.

Barry - N4BUQ  (R309A ??)


----- Original Message -----
From: "mikea" <mikea at mikea.ath.cx>
To: "R-390-List" <R-390 at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Saturday, May 14, 2005 11:08 PM
Subject: Re: [R-390] Clutch!


> On Sat, May 14, 2005 at 10:47:01PM -0500, Barry wrote:
> > So, this is what it's like to have a clutch that works properly!  I
rebuilt
> > the clutch mechanisms in both my R309A's.  The Motorola has always been
> > sticky.  Disengage the clutch and the VeederRoot still moves a bit until
I
> > rock the KC knob a bit.  On the "new" one (Teledyne), disengage the
clutch
> > (and I can really tell that it disengages) and the VeederRoot counter
stays
> > very still and I can adjust zero very easily.
> >
> > So much fun...
>
> Now that you have a good one, you can see what to do to fix the bad one
> in the Motorola, too.
>
> --
> Mike Andrews, W5EGO
> mikea at mikea.ath.cx
> Tired old sysadmin
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