[HAM] M-102-scanner bearing -bakelite gear

[David Anderson]

David,

The bakelite gear acts as a slip clutch, so it's right for it to have  
some play as long as it will turn the rotor when it's all reassembled.

David

On Jun 28, 2008, at 1:51 PM, David Damroze wrote:

>   Okay, I've got this thing all taken apart and hoping I can get it  
> back
> together again.
>    The scanner bearing can be turned by hand but is stiff . If I
> understand correctly , I should let this soak in  a solvent such as
> denatured alcohol or naptha for a few days and then oil the dickens  
> out
> of it. Someone else mentioned carburetor cleaner.
>   I am wondering about the bakelite gear because it is spinning freely
> on the rotor shaft without spinning the rotor.
>    Is that supposed to do that or has something broken in there so  
> that
> the gear motion is
>   no longer transferred to the rotor?
>
>   David D.
>