[TenTec] Re: [Orion] ORION TUNING KNOBS

[ac5e at comcast.net]

While that's a bad start, it sounds as though your Orion may have been through UPS or FEDEX package destruction test and has fallen from one of the upper shelves in the truck and landed hard on the front. 

That usually pushes the knob back on the shafts to the point binding occurs. Since there's no such thing as either perfectly "flat" or perfectly straight there will be one point in rotation where the friction is more apparent than the rest of the rotation. 

Slip the rubber ring off the tuning knobs and use the supplied Allen wrench to loosen the set screws, then slip the knobs off. Look carefully at the tuning shaft as you give them a twirl and make sure the encoder shafts have not been bent in shipping. If they are OK set the friction ring/knob skirt at half way and slide the knobs back until drag is just perceptable. Tighten the knob, replace the rings. Then set the drag to suit you. 

But if the encoder shafts are visibly bent or binding occurs with the knobs off, call Ten Tec and ask them to report concealed shipping damage. If the carrier has damaged your radio, it should be their problem to solve. 

73  Pete Allen  AC5E






> OK, Just got this beast (WOW is this thing huge)
> 
> Both tuning knobs have an uneven feel... a binding at about 9-10 o'clock.
> 
> Called TT, they said adjust the friction by turning the dial / skirt held 
> still...
> 
> Did that, it adjusts the friction........BUT still not even tuning presure
> 
> NOT A GOOD WAY TO START OFF WITH A $3600. Radio.
> 
> Any feedback, sugestions etc from the group??
> 
> Thanks,
> Lee
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