AR3 main tuning Cap

[Richard Post]

Definitely has the reduction drive.  Try WD-40 and working it to loosen.

Check out the one-owner AR-3 at
http://oak.cats.ohiou.edu/~postr/bapix/AR3.htm

73, Rich

>Hey out there in Heathville,
>does anyone have an AR3 they could check?  Need to know if main tuning cap
>had a reduction drive on it (I refer to a dual shaft with internal ball
>bearings, allowing, say, a 3 to 1 reduction in speed when knob is turned. The
>unit I just got is direct drive (1 turn of knob, 1  turn on cap), but looks
>like it has a frozen reduction drive. Before I try to unfreeze a solid piece
>of metal that is just a heavy shaft (for dial string pulley) turned down for
>the std size knob, I'd like to know. Its been too long since I was a kid and
>had one.
>Thanks
>Karl

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