Here is one out of a T-4X. ?Is yours like
this?
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On Mar 14, 2023, at 5:30 PM, Bill Leonard N0CU <billincolo73@...> wrote:
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Gary,
I am suspecting that there is a crimp force part to the solution, but if so, I think that the crimp force has to be set with the long shaft attached. That is the shaft that moves the coil slugs. If so, then I wonder if there was a special fixture that Drake used to do it. The reason I say that is as soon as I loosened the Allen set screws, the shafts loosened up and they haven't operated properly since. Hopefully I am not the only one to encounter this problem and that there is a workaround for not having the fixture if one was used.
How about some photos.
The Drake drive is crimped together by the
outside.? Getting the crimp force right is the?
adjustment.
73,
Gary?
WB6OGD?
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Surely there is a youtube video on this somewhere?
73, Jim W7RY
On 3/14/2023 4:49 PM, Bill Leonard N0CU
wrote:
I was trying to free up the RF Drive by cleaning out the old
grease. Made the mistake of loosening the Allen screws. After
getting the bearings back in their holes, the small center shaft
spins freely without turning the large shaft. I noticed that there
is a spring on the end of the small shaft, but I cannot figure out
how to get enough tension on the center shaft to get it to spin
the outer shaft. What am I missing?
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Bill N0CU
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Thanks and 73, Jim W7RY
Gary WB6OGD