[Heath] [Heathkit] [Heathkit:Yahoo] Pot shaft stuck 'rock solid'

[john]

Placing the tip of your BIGGEST soldering iron on the shaft of the pot near 
the bushing may help too.

John K5MO


At 10:35 AM 8/10/2014, Chris Trask wrote:
> >
> >I have a pot whose shaft got stuck 'rock solid' somehow after a few years of
> >non use - but at one time it worked smoothly (it's the ON/OFF switch + pot
> >on my SB-610).
> >
> >Are there any standard solutions for this?
> >
>
>      I had this situation years ago with a Heathkit high voltage power 
> supply.  I applied Liquid Wrench to the shaft at the front panel, a 
> little bit at a time for more than a week, carefully trying to move the 
> shaft before each application.  It gradually came loose and has been 
> working fine ever since then.
>
>      It takes time, patience, and Liquid Wrench to loosen things like this.
>
>
>Chris Trask
>N7ZWY / WDX3HLB
>Senior Member IEEE
>http://www.home.earthlink.net/~christrask/
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