[TechAssist] Re: How to repair broken split aluminum volume control shafts?
- From: "Bruce Tiedeman" <btied@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2005 18:43:31 -0500
Gary can you drill a small hole in each side of the shaft and epoxy a small
pin into the hole.
good luck,
Bruce.
B&T Electronics
139 Margaret St
Sarnia Ontario
Canada
N7T 2Y3
519 344 1850
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From: "Gary McCartney" <gary@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, January 28, 2005 3:59 PM
Subject: [TechAssist] How to repair broken split aluminum volume control
shafts?
> I knew I shouldn't have tried it but I did anyways.
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> I have an old Pioneer stereo receiver model SA-1010 from the 70's which
> I am working at restoring for a customer. It has a bunch of knobs on the
> front panel for bass, treble, volume, etc. The shafts on these controls
> are the split aluminum ones with the knerled end to fit the knob. Two of
> these shafts are bent where the split starts, out to the end of the
> shaft, causing the knob to wobble as it is rotated.
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> I decided I would attempt to straighten these shafts by heating the spot
> where the split starts and then gently prying the half of shaft end that
> was bent. The first one went not too bad, but when I worked on the
> second shaft, I guess my heat wasn't hot enough and the #$@&* piece of
> the shaft snapped off. The other half is still attached fine.
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> This control is not a simple pot that I can replace, but a propietary
> gang switch (It is the 10khz treble control). I'm sure someone else must
> have run into this problem before. I was thinking of using JB Weld to
> glue the piece back on the shaft and also glueing in a permanent spacer
> in the slit, and take an cable F connector ring and crimp it around the
> shaft behind where the knob fits to add support. Will it last? Any other
> ideas? I Also have a electronic problem with this machine I might have
> to post to a separate message.
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> Thanks for any help.
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> Gary McCartney
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> McCartney Electronics
> Guelph Ontario Canada
> Est. 1984
> email: gary (at) number63.ca
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