From: Eric Webner 
Subject: [drakelist] re: Graveyard


Eric Webner  made an utterence to the drakelist gang
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What a great idea! I don't know if someone would ever want to part out a
vintage radio, but one can imagine how one "dead" radio could
have parts that could save a lot of other "sick" radios.

73, Eric
 

Martin Sole  wrote:

"Martin Sole" made an utterence to the drakelist gang
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Hi folks,

I have heard the term 'junker unit' on a couple of occasions. DO these
things exist or is it just a little wishful thinking? Over on the FoxTango
group W4CLM runs what she calls a graveyard, a repository for dead or
terminal Yaesu radios, and acts as a clearing house for parts needed. These
are not sold but donations are used to purchase more parts units and hard to
locate components. Wonder if anybody does that for Drakes?

73
Martin - HS0ZED


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From: owner-drakelist{at}www.zerobeat.net
[mailto:owner-drakelist{at}www.zerobeat.net] On Behalf Of Garey Barrell
Sent: 14 February 2005 04:53
To: Dick Harms PA2DW; drakelist
Subject: Re: [drakelist] R-4C gears nylon or metal?


Garey Barrell made an utterence to the drakelist gang
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Dick -

Probably not, short of a junker unit. 

Best advice is to keep them clean, NO oil or grease, don't slam them against
the stops and they'll probably outlast us!

73, Garey - K4OAH
Atlanta

Drake C-Line Service Manual




Dick Harms PA2DW wrote:

> Now of course an interesting question is, is there a source for metal 
> gears if ever our "nylons" get broken?
> 
> 73, Dick/PA2DW
>
> -----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----
> *Van:* owner-drakelist{at}www.zerobeat.net
> [mailto:owner-drakelist{at}www.zerobeat.net]*Namens *Eric Webner
> *Verzonden:* zondag 13 februari 2005 18:32
> *Aan:* drakelist{at}zerobeat.net
> *Onderwerp:* Re: [drakelist] R-4C gears nylon or metal?
>
> Would you believe DeWalt used to use nylon gears in the
> transmission of their cordless drills? That made for a lot of
> repair bills. Now, they use metal gears, and they last much much
> longer.
> 
> Eric
>
>
> */Lee Bahr 
/* wrote:
>
>
> "Lee Bahr" made an utterence to the drakelist gang
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> What can wipe out the plastic gearing besides oiling and
> lubricating them is
> BANGING THE GEARS ON THEIR END STOPS! I'm talking about
> running the dial to
> the end of their travel rotation quickly while tuning across
> the band. You
> can do this all day long with metal geared radios but not
> those with plastic
> gears.
>
> I bought a new C-line when they first came out and the radios
> had plastic
> gearing. (I had been using a metal geared TR-4 up until this
> point in time
> and had been used to running and banging the dial up to it's
> end points
> while scanning the band.). I found out very quickly you could
> not do this
> with a radio with plastic gears. Within two months of purchase
> Drake had
> sent me 3 new gear! ed PTOs as replacements. (The banging
> warped the gearing
> so they did not rotate smoothly and freely as when new). Once
> I changed my
> ways and did not bang against the end stops, my problems with
> plastic gears
> went away.
>
> Lee, w0vt
>
>
>
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