[R-390] PTO problem, part II

[Tisha Hayes]

Since it appears there is some sort of internal binding you may want to buy
a spare PTO and put it in service. They are not unavailable; even on eBay
you can get one for $30-$80. Then you will feel less hesitant about opening
up the funky one you have to see what is binding.

You can probably fix it but it is going to be a "learning experience" and
may be like the wire reattachment saga on the mechanical filters a few
weeks ago. If you could not get replacement parts (all of the spare PTO's
in the world suddenly vanished) then you could go to heroic lengths after
you taught yourself to be a machinist and metallurgist.

If they had been "cooked" by stuck-on heaters or turned way past their end
limits you can have a bent shaft, stipped parts or a melted plastic piece
(if you saw the inside it would be immediately obvious)

I would rather listen to the radio than to spend weeks working on one item
where I have spares. The PTO would become a rainy day project but the
problem would not keep me from having the receiver on the air.

That is just my personal opinion, YMMV (your mileage may vary) but I am
being a bit pragmatic about it.

-- 
Ms. Tisha Hayes/ AA4HA

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