The CRT rebuilders had a way, I was told they used a hot wire to melt the epoxy glue. I never tried it, however it might be a bit hazardous. George Afana Electronics Moreno Valley, CA ----- Original Message ----- From: <wa4fty@xxxxxxx> To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, December 04, 2003 6:29 AM Subject: [TechAssist] Re: CTC177 Yoke is noisy > Hey Don, Been a long time.. Wayne Frazier here / Wa4fty / Tv Service Company, > Lexington, S.C. .. I read your message about the yoke. I have removed one > bonded yoke in the past but it was destroyed in doing so. I just needed to > use the tube. I don't think one will have much success removing bonded > yokes. I think that is what they had in mind. If the yoke is arching or > burning.. Well .. We both know that won't work long. Hope someone can tell > you more... Take care, Wayne > > We have a 27" Console TV Chassis: CTC177AM2 (replaced the STK730-130 Reg > > IC) and found that the Yoke (which is bonded to CRT) will make the frying > > egg sound and cause distortion on the picture when it does. We can even > > smell something when this yoke begins to act up. We tapped the yoke lightly > > after it played for several hours ok and the yoke starting getting noisey > > and had the slight smell of burning. Has anyone ever done the old NAP trick > > to these RCA bonded yokes with any success (coat the yoke with polyurthene > > or sealer) or any success removing them? > > > > Dan Garris > > Garris TV > > New Bern, NC > > DGarris@xxxxxxxxxxx > > 252-638-4477 > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > Our best dial-up offer is back. Get MSN Dial-up Internet Service for 6 > > months @ $9.95/month now! http://join.msn.com/?page=dept/dialup > > > > **************************************************************************** * > > Lost Password: > > http://www.tech-assist.org and select "Login Problems?". > > Email Archives: > > //www.freelists.org/archives/techassist/ > **************************************************************************** * > Lost Password: > http://www.tech-assist.org and select "Login Problems?". > Email Archives: > //www.freelists.org/archives/techassist/ > ***************************************************************************** Lost Password: http://www.tech-assist.org and select "Login Problems?". Email Archives: //www.freelists.org/archives/techassist/