[R-390] R-390A PTO ground strap screw

[n4buq]

Hey Bob,

Bet you wish you'd had all this advice _before_ you lost the screw that 
no one seems to have a replacement for... :-)

Isn't it just a standard stainless panhead Phillips #4-40 or #2-56, 
etc.?  I can't remember as it's been a few years since I looked at one.

Barry - N4BUQ

> On Jul 17, 2012, at 1:42 PM, Bob Young wrote:
>
>> I took the ground strap off that touches the shaft to clean it and
>> dropped one of the little screws and lock washers onto the floor to
>> be found in maybe a few years.
> Trick developed while overhauling an SX-88, which has two gear trains
> loaded with anti-backlash gear sets, and very little room to get
> things together.
>
> Pass a length of dental floss through one or two of the middle turns
> of the small spring (or in the case above, through the teensy hole in
> the snap ring if it has them, or around the middle of the snap ring).
> Fasten the ends of the dental floss to the radio or some moderately
> heavy thing on the bench: the string can be as long as needed for this.
>
> After assembly is complete, you can pull the dental floss out of the
> spring easily, not so sure about the snap rings but the thinnest kind
> of floss might work best.
>
> Roy
>
> Roy Morgan
> k1lky at earthlink.net
> K1LKY Since 1958 - Keep 'em Glowing!
>
>
>
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