[R-390] How NOT to lubricate R390A gear train

[Joe Connor]

The picture didn't come through, Chuck, but I know what you mean. I'm working on a Breting 12 where a prior owner used so much of that lithium grease that it looks like he sprayed it with expanding insulation. What a mess! I think it took longer to clean that than to restore the rest of the set.

                       Joe Connor



>________________________________
> From: "chuck.rippel at cox.net" <chuck.rippel at cox.net>
>To: r-390 at mailman.qth.net 
>Sent: Thursday, October 3, 2013 9:25 AM
>Subject: [R-390] How NOT to lubricate R390A gear train
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>
>This is a shot of the current radio/patient on my bench.  What you're 
>seeing is a small sample of the lithium grease that was applied to the 
>gear train.  As the owner noted, "looks like it was restored by Jiffy 
>Lube."  This and not a single capacitor, including the infamous C-553 or 
>resistor in the AF or IF decks replaced.  Some of the resistors in the 
>AF deck had gotten so hot, the color bands are unreadable.
>
>What is interesting, this radio had been previously professionally 
>restored.....
>
>
>--
>Chuck Rippel
>
>"Many of the truths to which we cling depend on our point of view."
>- Yoda
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