01-15-2012, 05:11 PM
Hi Kevin,
I know what you mean. One of the 90's I restored was very badly worn too. In fact, the brass shaft on the tuning gang was so worn at the front of the gang that the tuning shaft would slip when I tried to tune-in stations. I ended up buying some brass shim stock at the automotive supply and installed a couple pieces of shim stock under the shaft to build the gang shaft back to the point where it would work properly again. Of course Philco could have avoided the problem had they opted to use a ball-bearing shaft bushing like the newer style tuning gangs.
Ed
I know what you mean. One of the 90's I restored was very badly worn too. In fact, the brass shaft on the tuning gang was so worn at the front of the gang that the tuning shaft would slip when I tried to tune-in stations. I ended up buying some brass shim stock at the automotive supply and installed a couple pieces of shim stock under the shaft to build the gang shaft back to the point where it would work properly again. Of course Philco could have avoided the problem had they opted to use a ball-bearing shaft bushing like the newer style tuning gangs.
Ed
