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Lil help for my Yaesu 757 GX II please
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 |
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"Mr Fed UP" wrote in message . .. 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 OOPS ARRL.NET sry |
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Mr Fed UP wrote:
Does anyone have a hint on what might be binding up my Yaesu 757 GX II freq dial. -No idea; but, you can find both the manual and the technical supplement to it at the following URL: http://www.mods.dk/view.php?ListManuals=yaesu A qualified guess - on my club's Omni VI, you adjust thumbwheel friction by rotating the dial itself while keeping the plastic ring surrounding it stationary. This may over some time cause the dial to either spin very loosely or not at all, depending on whether you prefer to tune up or down the bands. -- 73 de LB1LF Odd Erling, ARK How do crazy people go through the forest? They take the psycho path. |
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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 |
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Hey thanks everyone! At least some nice places to start.
73 WB9SMX "Mr Fed UP" wrote in message . .. 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 |
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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 wrote in message ... 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 |
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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 It's some sort of Optical Encoder. I had the same problem with my FT-767. It just started acting up one day. When I would turn the VFO the frequency would only go down not up. Then, it slowly started to lock up and get harder and harder to turn. Then it totally locked up. I couldn't even turn the VFO with "Vise-Grips" I took it in to a local Ham Repair Shop. The part was only $50 and 2 hours labor. It's a fault with many Yaesu radios. It only happens to the radios owned by us who like to "REALLY" spin the VFO every once in a while. 73 de Dave/N2JBO "Just Being Obnoxious" |
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