<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:12pt"><div><span>The rotating "fingers" that are on the shaft immediately outside the LMO housing often get "stuck". Lubricate them with something like WD-40. </span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-style: normal; background-color: transparent;"><span><br></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-style: normal; background-color: transparent;"><span>You may have to use a screwdriver to get the fingers unstuck. Just turn the LMO to where it gets stuck and then "back off" about half a turn. Spray the lubricant on the fingers and then use the
screwdriver to push the last finger on the shaft. That should loosen the finger.</span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-style: normal; background-color: transparent;"><span><br></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-style: normal; background-color: transparent;"><span>Again, this is a pretty common problem with the Heath LMOs.</span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-style: normal; background-color: transparent;"><span><br></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-style:
normal; background-color: transparent;"><span>If that doesn't help, then you may have to remove the LMO to get the fingers unstuck.</span></div><div></div><div> </div><div>Glen, K9STH</div><div><br><br></div><div>Website: http://k9sth.com</div> <div class="qtdSeparateBR"><br><br></div><div class="yahoo_quoted" style="display: block;"> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div dir="ltr"> <font size="2" face="Arial"> On Saturday, July 26, 2014 9:32 PM, howard holden <holden7471@msn.com> wrote:<br> </font> </div> <br><br> <div class="y_msg_container">Have you checked the hard stop in the other direction? It should be about 15-20 KHz below 00. If it goes a turn it more below the dial has skipped a revolution in the groove.<br
clear="none"><br clear="none">Howie WB2AWQ<br clear="none"><br clear="none">Sent from my iPhone<br clear="none"><br clear="none">On Jul 26, 2014, at 6:20 PM, "Robert Myers" <<a shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:rsmyers@rogers.com" href="mailto:rsmyers@rogers.com">rsmyers@rogers.com</a>> wrote:<br clear="none"><br clear="none">> I was turning the dial on my SB-401 and noticed that it abruptly stops at<br clear="none">> about 4 -1/4 revolutions. That is, about 25 KHz beyond the '4' shown on the<br clear="none">> upper turns counter window. It is quite a hard stop.<br clear="none">> <br clear="none">> The spiral and the nylon follower seem fine - they aren't binding or<br clear="none">> clogged. And I doesn't look like anything is binding elsewhere that I can<br clear="none">> see.<br clear="none">> <br clear="none">> Is there anything inside the LMO that would cause this? Is this a known<br
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