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Re: [TenTec] Another PTO rebuild question: Where does second pin go?

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Subject: Re: [TenTec] Another PTO rebuild question: Where does second pin go?
From: Steve Hunt <steve@karinya.net>
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Date: Tue, 15 Sep 2009 22:33:31 +0100
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Andrew,

I've rebuilt several Corsair II PTOs and I don't recall there being a 
second pin. Could it simply be a spare which TT ships because it's a 
part that is easily lost?

73,
Steve G3TXQ

Andrew Moore wrote:
> Two small pins (about 1/4 inch long) were supplied with the PTO kit.  One is
> the stop pin that goes through the PTO tuning shaft's threads to stop the
> PTO turning and going too far into the PTO coil.  I've installed that and it
> works fine.
>
> The other appears to go through the "core drive rod" (part 90202), but it
> goes in only so far (about a millimeter) and stops, I'm assuming because
> it's hitting the tuning shaft (90201) which isn't drilled to accept a pin --
> it's solid.  However it looks as though it could travel about another 1 mm
> before hitting the tuning shaft.  Maybe there's another axis, drilled to
> accept pin, that the CDR is supposed to lock to...?  ...which might be why
> the instructions said to take note of the position before removing the pin
> :)
>
> Any help would be appreciated.  I've lost the disassembly photos that I took
> when I began this project.
>
> I have a photo of the (started) pin I can show for context.
>
> --Andrew, NV1B
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