Hello again and thank you all for the input. I shall try the thread/wax combination but remembered I had a plumbers wrench kit which has a roll of PTFE, wrapped some on one of the three cores which have dropped out and it works a treat. Good idea Joel.
Best regards, Doug - GM7SVK On 29/05/2010 17:40:57, Joel Liburd ([email protected]) wrote: > Hi Doug, > I have had this on many occasion, my first experience was, what the heck > I'm > going to do now! I have tried thread, wax, rubber band and others, best > that works 100% of the times are the (right size fishing line) and my > favorite plumbers tape (wrap it on the threaded core) I keep a roll in my > tool bag. > I hope this helped. > > v44kai.....Joel. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Doug Hutchison" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Saturday, May 29, 2010 12:37 PM > Subject: [Repeater-Builder] Transformer cores > > > > Hello, > > > > Got situation where the 'elastic' or whatever inside RX IF transformer > > has disintegrated through age allowing ferrite core to drop to bottom > > thus negating adjustment. > > > > What successful fixes have been found for such a problem which will > > continue to allow adjustment yet not jam the core? > > > > Doug - GM7SVK > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------ > > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------ > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links %3
