) writes:
Hi -

Does anyone have any pictures or diagrams of how to re-thread the GE
Super Radio III vernier? The Service Manual doesn't discuss it.

I'm sure someone had it on a webpage at some point, because I'm
sure I saw it.

The obvious place to check first is David Moison's GE Superradio FAQ,
at
http://mysite.verizon.net/vze20h45/r.../gesr_faq.html

There are various things there about fixing the calibration, but I
see nothing after a short glance about stringing the dial. It does
link to a page that has the service manual online, for others who
might want it.

I also have this page
http://www.geocities.com/rbrucecarter/sr3.htm
bookmarked, but while it might be useful to owners of the radio,
nothing about stringing the dial.

I thought it must have been discussed in this newsgroup, but a quick
search using "ge superradio string", which seems like useful terms,
doesn't show anything.

Michael

I knocked mine loose while fixing my radio. I had a problem last year
at this time where after a half hour of use, the radio would slowly
tune tself across the band like an invisible hand was turning the dial.

I tried to diagnose it, but the problem went away and didn't return
after hit the tuning pot at R2 with freeze spray.

I was OK for about a year, until it re-occurred this summer. I hit R2
with the freeze spray again, and the problem would only go away
momentarily. I looked at the bottom of the circuit board and it
appeared quite dirty with flux. I theorized that in humid weather the
rosin was affecting the circuit. I cleaned the PCB around R2,
accidentally knocking off the tuning wheel. Now the problem seems
fixed but I can't get everything back together as I didn't take notes,
never intending to remove the tuning wheel and thread.

I think the string threads around spools 1,2,3,Loop Capstan Twice?,4,5
and then I can't quite figure out how to thread from 5 to the spring or
hook on the wheel and from the spring or hook eventually to spool 6.

(ASCII art facing front of radio)
1 ------------------ Vernier ----------------------------- 2
| 5 |
6 ------------- Spring \ 3
Wheel "D" slot at R2 \ |
Hook \ Capstan Loops?
\ |
-----------4

I'd be grateful if anyone with a GE Super Radio III and a hand mirror
could describe or show how to re-thread the vernier through the spools,
capstan, and tuning wheel.

Dan Nygren

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