Hi Glen,

Do you mean the small set screw in the collar on the turn-stop?  I haven’t
loosened that yet, I have only loosened the set screw on the BFO coupler.

Do I have to loosen the smaller set screw inside the turn stop pictured?

-Alex

Glenn Little WB4UIV <[email protected]> schrieb am Sa. 31. Jan.
2026 um 10:55:

> Did you try loosening the set screw?
> There may be another located 90 degrees from the one shown.
>
> Glenn
> WB4UIV
>
>
> On 1/31/2026 10:42 AM, Alex Hopper wrote:
>
> Hi All,
>
> I have an R-390 with a microdial on the BFO adjustment knob.  I would like
> to remove the IF deck from the top of the receiver, which requires removal
> of the bandwidth and BFO couplers.  The bandwidth shaft easily decouples by
> loosening the set screw around the “collar” the fits over the shaft.  Under
> normal circumstances the same would be true for the BFO adjustment as well,
> however the addtion of the microdial seems to include another device (the
> turn stops?) that prevent me from removing the coupling collar easily.
>
> How can I go about safely removing this?  I have in included some photos.
>
> Thank you!
> -Alex
>
>
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