[TenTec] PTO non-rebuild solution

[Steve N4LQ]

The PTO consists of wire wrapped around a cardboard tube with a screw shaft 
going through the middle of it. When you rebuild them, you take it all 
apart, clean and grease the moving parts...This does not include the 
coil.....
Now how may I ask, could you squirt the poor thing full of oil without 
screwing up your coil. I would think that soaking the coil in oil would not 
be good practice.
Furthermore, I seems like you would almost have to take the thing apart 
anyway so why not do it right? I have rebuilt dozens of PTOs and to me, the 
hardest part is getting the crazy dial skirt back on! I've developed a few 
tricks for that one.
Steve Ellington
N4LQ at iglou.com
----- Original Message ----- 
From: <dbp at tds.net>
To: <tentec at contesting.com>
Sent: Thursday, March 24, 2005 5:27 PM
Subject: [TenTec] PTO non-rebuild solution


> I have had great success bathung the PTO mechanism in "Tri-Flo" bicycle 
> chain lubricant. It is a Teflon oil that sticks very easily to the slow 
> moving parts of the PTO. The last time I used it was more than one year 
> ago and the PTO is still flawless. Nothing in the PTO to hurt that I can 
> find. I have squirted it in the PTO until it has washed out all the old 
> grease, and let it drain onto newspaper over nite before reassembling. By 
> then it is well lubed. Lots easier than a rebiuld, unless you are a 
> purist.
> Has anyone who has tried this method found any fault i.e. components value 
> changing, I haven't.
> 73 de Dave in NH
>
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