[TenTec] Bezel/tuning knob question

[WA3FIY]

On 20 Apr 2002 at 11:53, Dr. Gerald N. Johnson, electr wrote:

> Gary, your Corsair VFOs are mucked up. The bezel is held on by a
> spring sliding in a groove on the outer PTO shaft (which is the one
> that has the thread to drive the slug through the pistol). The knob is
> on the interior shaft that drives the outer shaft through a friction
> vernier. It there are paint spots on my bezel, its likely some
> previous owner couldn't solve reinstalling the bezel and its spring
> (covered in the manual -- requires a bit of floss or lacing tape to
> pull the spring out of the groove to start the bezel into place.
> 
I wondered about that too Jerry, and came to the conclusion 
Gary was seeing the three little plastic protrusions that are 
melted down to hold the aluminum dial to the plastic collar that 
attaches to the outer shaft.

-73-

-Lee-