Hi Steve, I have had Kroil work when the others have not. Suggest you get a can on order as a fall back position. A small pint can will probably last for as long I will.
73, Jack WA9NQW (since 64) > On Sep 25, 2017, at 3:47 PM, Steve Mulder <[email protected]> wrote: > > Thanks for all the great suggestions! > > I have tried contact cleaner and WD-40, but no luck yet. The pot. is spring > clipped to the back of a range switch, and the pot. shaft runs through the > hollow shaft of the range switch. The pot. isn't stuck on the range switch > shaft. I can't use a hammer until I remove the potentiometer, because of the > spring clip. Maybe things will start to move when the spring clip isn't > pulling on the pot. shaft. I'll pick up some Blaster PB and go back at it > tonight. > > btw, I have heard that Kroil might be better than Blaster PB, but I can only > find Kroil online and I don't want to wait a week for it to ship. > > Steve > > > On 9/24/2017 6:53 PM, Steve Mulder wrote: >> I'm looking for suggestions on how to deal with a frozen potentiometer. It's >> on the back of the vertical gain switch on an Eico 435 scope. I tried >> contact cleaner and a bit of torque, but it won't budge. What else could I >> try? >> >> Steve, KG7CCS >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Boatanchors mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/boatanchors >> > > _______________________________________________ > Boatanchors mailing list > [email protected] > https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/boatanchors _______________________________________________ Boatanchors mailing list [email protected] https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/boatanchors
