CRC 2-26 Lubricant

[Richard H. Arland]

Actually, I had to go to the local electrical contractor's store in my
area (Freidman Electric) and they had almost the entire CRC product
line. The 2-26 worked extremely well for the SX-117 and it doesn't
attack plastic. There are a host of other products that are "degreasers"
but they are, for the most part, not plastic safe.

At any rate, I plan on keeping a can of this stuff handy for future BA
restorals.

Speaking of SX-117s: I still need some knobs: Main tuning knob, 3 of the
1" black knobs w/silver inserts (does anyone know how to restore these
things once they get scratched?) and three of the small aluminum knobs
for CAL, BFO, etc.

73  Rich K7SZ

Brian Carling wrote:

>Is this chemical commonly found at model train hobbyist stores?
>Sounds VERY useful!
>
>Thanks for letting us know your results.
>
>73 - Brian AF4K
>
>On 24 May 2002 at 17:34, Richard H. Arland wrote:
>
>>Gang:
>>
>>I've been frustrated trying to remove the 30+ years worth of gunk and
>>grease on the dial drive mechanism of a SX-117 I am restoring. In
>>desperation, I turned to my friendly local model train shoppe....the
>>guy there said to try CRC 2-26, which is a plastic safe lubricant that
>>will wash out caked on grease and leave a very thin "micro coating" of
>>lubricant on metal parts.
>>
>>The stuff costs less than $4 and works like magic.
>>
>>I saturated the dial drive pulleys in the 117 with the stuff, while
>>turning the tuning control. It took about 3 minutes to completely
>>flush out the old grease and gunk. Now I have a very nice dial "feel"
>>that does not slip.
>>
>>Thought some of you out there in BA-Land might need something like
>>this so I decided to post my results.
>>
>>This works better than alcohol, Simple Green, and the leading orange
>>smelling "degreaser". CRC also makes several kinds of degreasers but
>>they are not plastic safe.
>>
>>73 Rich K7SZ
>>
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