I use to own a ft757. I think you will find that the brass bushing has
frozen on the tuning shaft. You can take the tuning dial out (somewhat
difficult) and carefuly unfreeze(wd40 etc) then relub. Been there,
done that. Also Yaesu will sell you a new dial if you donot want to
"renew".
Charlie wa5kyv
On Fri, 27 May 2005 01:21:35 -0500, "Mr Fed UP"
wrote:

Does anyone have a hint on what might be binding up my Yaesu 757 GX II freq
dial.
It worked for a while from ebay purchase and then stiffened up and would not
turn to
change frequencies. The mic' buttons work ok to change frequencies, but
I am not familiar with the mechanics of the dial. I had taken the front
panel apart once
and saw no problems... put it back together and it worked ..... a while.
Any helps appreciated. email at my call arrr.net or post reply retired
and read lots of newy groups
Thanks 73 WB9SMX

Well I certainly want to thank you.
I nearly got all the screws back in it now, but turned it on and the dial
works now after relub.
Seems like they did build the radio around the dial hi hi.
When I got the face plate off, all the buttons fell out like a box of
chicklets.
The shaft was froze so tight it took a couple hours of wd40 and gun oil just
to get it
where I could beat the shaft out of the bushing. I would guess that Yaesu
would want a
bucket of money for a new optical dial encoder.
I am retired disability now and over the years not much has deterred me from
diving into
a good fix it up project. I think I even remember tubes and old teletypes.
;-)
It was a great help knowing it was possible to fix it before diving in.
Much
of the stuff
built now days are use and toss away with not much chance of repair,
Thanks again. Gary 73 WB9SMX


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I use to own a ft757. I think you will find that the brass bushing has
frozen on the tuning shaft. You can take the tuning dial out (somewhat
difficult) and carefuly unfreeze(wd40 etc) then relub. Been there,
done that. Also Yaesu will sell you a new dial if you donot want to
"renew".
Charlie wa5kyv
On Fri, 27 May 2005 01:21:35 -0500, "Mr Fed UP"
wrote:

Does anyone have a hint on what might be binding up my Yaesu 757 GX II
freq
dial.
It worked for a while from ebay purchase and then stiffened up and would
not
turn to
change frequencies. The mic' buttons work ok to change frequencies, but
I am not familiar with the mechanics of the dial. I had taken the front
panel apart once
and saw no problems... put it back together and it worked ..... a while.
Any helps appreciated. email at my call arrr.net or post reply retired
and read lots of newy groups
Thanks 73 WB9SMX