Kevin Anderson wrote:
>
> On Sun, 21 Jul 1996, Clark Savage Turner WA3JPG wrote:
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> > Common. It is the PTO backlash. It is too tight in there. I
> > suggest a PTO rebuild kit from Ten Tec, just $14 or something, then
> > you can clean it all up and tighten it down just right for your
> > own tastes. These rebuilds take a certain touch, you need to be
> > patient and ready to do it a few times to get it just right, but
> > it can be done, and it is rewarding.
>
> Do you list members know what radios the PTO kit(s) are
> useful with? My recently acquired used Century 22 exhibits
> some tightness and a small amount of backlash.
>
> Cheers/73. Kevin, KB9IUA
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> Kevin L. Anderson, CENCR-PD-W, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Rock Island
> District Office, Planning Div.-Waterway Systems Rock Island, Illinois
> 61204-2004, USA phone:(309) 794-5586
> e-mail: anderson@ncrsun1.ncr.usace.army.mil
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> Opinions expressed here are my own and do not represent the
> U.S. Army Corps of Engineers or the Federal Government.
Clean the old grease off of it and put on a none hardning thin
grease and it will probably solve your problem, I think TEN TEC
probably has the kits for most anything they have made but they
aren't fun to put in.
Roger
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