"Jim Shorney" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> made an utterance to the drakelist gang ----------------------------------------------------------------------
OK, I've got this thing torn apart now. It doesn't quite look like the descriptions given at http://www.wb4hfn.com/DRAKE/DrakeArticles/PTO/Drake_PTO.htm. The problem parts described there are brass-on-brass in the RV7 PTO in front of me. But there is oily stuff all over the nylon gears, and dry lubricant-jam (like toe-jam, but not as smelly) between the brass parts. The rattle was definitely coming from where the brass bushing of the 100KHz dial interfaces with the brass gear that fits over the hollow inner shaft. The nylon gears were not binding and do not appear swollen. The question is, are the brass-on-brass parts supposed to have some kind of lubricant? I would think yes, but all the screaming about "don't lubricate your PTO!" has me worried. TIA, -Jim -- TR7/RV7, TR6/RV6, T4XC/R4C, L4B, NCL2000, SB104A, R390A, GT550A/RV550A - all vintage, all the time! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Submissions: [email protected] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - unsubscribe drakelist in body Hopelessly Lost: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - help in body of message Zerobeat Web Page: www.zerobeat.net - sponsored by www.tlchost.net ----------------------------------------------------------------------
