[thirtiesradio]

I had the same problem with my HQ-180. I just couldn't get it aligned on all bands. Most troubling was the broadcast band which would never line up with the dial. I ended up taking to a person who is a retired RF engineer. He was able to align it after he replaced a couple capacitors that are in some of the tuning cans and found a wire that was hidden and shorted to ground. He also noted a mistake on the alignment procedure in the service manual.

Good luck with your radio!