Gosh,
Hadn't heard of that ever before. Other than feeding in a drop of
penetrating oil at the shaft bearing, I just don't know. Perhaps others have
had a look inside that mechanism?
Good luck... 73, Roy K6XK/0
-----Original Message-----
From: RLVZ@aol.com <RLVZ@aol.com>
To: royanjoy@ncn.net <royanjoy@ncn.net>
To: <tentec@contesting.com>
Date: Wednesday, January 20, 1999 10:04 PM
Subject: Re: [TenTec] OMNI-6 Tuning Knob Mod.
>Hi Roy,
>I appreciated your tuning knob mod. I have a similiar but different
problem.
>My tuning is also very stiff. But its not the drag but the tuning unit
thats
>stiff. (I can take the entire tuning knob off the shaft and the shaft
turns
>very hard. Its a VI PLUS which I recently bought used. I spoke with
Ten-Tec
>service and they said that some units come real stiff and no way to change
it
>but swap out the tuning unit. Have you any ideas for freeing up the tuning
>unit? (WD-40!?). Thanks, Dick-K9OM
>
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