[R-390] Cleaning R-390 gears in place before lube

[Barry]

Nice!  I did that to an R390A and I now have an R390 that I'd like to do that to as well.

Regards,
Barry - N4BUQ

----- Original Message -----
> From: bavarianradio at comcast.net
> To: "Barry" <n4buq at knology.net>
> Cc: "Bob Camp" <kb8tq at n1k.org>, r-390 at mailman.qth.net
> Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2014 8:10:57 AM
> Subject: Re: [R-390] Cleaning R-390 gears in place before lube
> 
> that last picture  was taken before cleaning, here's a better one
> after...
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> That radio must've belonged to Little Miss Muffet...
> 
> Barry - N4BUQ
> 
> Sent from my iPad
> 
> > On Jul 30, 2014, at 6:13 AM, Bob Camp <kb8tq at n1k.org> wrote:
> > 
> > Hi
> > 
> > I’ve been down the road with this on a couple of radios. I’d
> > *think* I had everything sprayed out and clean. Eventually
> > something would get me moving and I’d tear down the gear train.
> > There always was an improvement after the tear down. Spraying
> > stuff out of split gears - very tough to do.
> > 
> > A lot depends (of course) on just how grubby the gear train is. If
> > your radio has been out in the rain and blowing dust for a few
> > (hundred) years, there’s a lot of curd down in there ...
> > 
> > Bob
> > 
> >> On Jul 29, 2014, at 10:22 PM, Roger Ruszkowski
> >> <flowertime01 at wmconnect.com> wrote:
> >> 
> >> 
> >> Frank,
> >> 
> >> You ask,
> >> 
> >> Hi,Great discussion on the lubricant issue!Before I can lubricate,
> >> I have to clean the ancient crud off.I am lazy, want to try to
> >> just
> >> spray Trichloroethylene straight down thegear train and see whatit
> >> removes.Possibly also use compressed air to remove the larger
> >> chunks.
> >> Is this a bad idea, as a preliminary attempt?UGLY GEARS:
> >> 
> >> Pull the RF deck.
> >> Remove the springs, slug racks and RF cans.
> >> Take the deck outside to the back yard and hang the gear train off
> >> the edge of the table.
> >> 
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