Tightening dial stringing

[Mike Morris]

At 02:29 PM 06/11/2000 , you wrote:
>Hi again,
>
>The tuning mechanism of my AR-14 stereo receiver is slipping, apparently
>due to stretching of the dial cord over the (many) years... looks like
>the best fix would be to first remove the metal "ends," within which the
>cord ends are crimped, uncrimp and pull some cord through to re-tension,
>and then carefully recrimp and re-attach.
>
>Anybody have a better procedure?
>
>Thanks,
>-David Varn
>varns at sjm.infi.net

Maybe a simpler one... just tie a slip knot with a screw in the loop.
The bigger the screw the more the length gets reduced (i.e. a 10-32 takes
up more slack than a 6-32 which takes up more than a 4-40 or a 2-56.

Or if you have enough slack take another turn around the smallest
diameter shaft.

Mike


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