[TenTec] PTO rebuild

[Mike Hyder -N4NT-]

I believe that to properly clean the PTO parts of grease, the PTO must
be disassembled.  I used rubbing alcohol the first time, then found
that Dawn dishwashing liquid worked well.  Cleaning down in the
threaded pistol was best done with a Q-Tip dipped in the cleaner.

For grease, I used a bicycle grease made by Phil Woods (I think is the
name).  A local bicycle shop filled up a 35 mm film container for me
free.  Others may have other ideas about grease.

You are on the right track!

73, Mike N4NT

----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike" <kc8wr@bright.net>
To: <tentec@contesting.com>
Sent: Monday, May 06, 2002 9:05 PM
Subject: [TenTec] PTO rebuild


| Well, I bought a Corsair at a local hamfest 2 weeks ago and was told
that
| the receiver worked fine, but there wasn't any RF output. Not a
problem, I
| have already found the that Q1 a 2N3866 on the low level driver
board is
| toast!  Anyway, since I already have it kinda apart, I thought I
would go
| ahead and at least clean the PTO and put some fresh grease on the
workin's.
|
| I don't think there are any worn parts, not that I can tell from the
feel
| and tuning the PTO anyway.  The question is, what would the best
cleaner or
| way to clean the old grease from inside the PTO?  Then, what would
some of
| you suggest for the new grease?  It would be helpful if it would be
| something that I could get off the shelf.  Say, like a good bycicle
lube or
| whatever.
|
| I have never had a PTO apart but it wasn't all that tricky to do.  I
just
| want to use the type of material that others have tried and had
success
| with.  I would really like to do this just ONCE.... so, I think that
I will
| ask the questions and AVOID my normal trial and error method!  Hows
come
| they call it the TRIAL and ERROR method, whenever I use this method
it
| usually turns out to be ERROR!
|
| Thanks in advance.
| Mike - KC8WR
|
|
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