Ardvaark
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Not for the faint at heart! And do be very careful if you attempt this. I nor anyone else in this or any neighboring solar system is responsible if you damage your 400 dollar toy.
Problem:
I too have a brand new 106 that suffers terribly from SVC(scratchy volume control) syndrome. Being that the volume control is a sealed type, there is no way to clean the contacts unless you create an opening to expose the wiper blades. I've done this before so I kind of knew what to expect.
PM me or respond here if you have any questions.
Instructions: Lightly begin shaving away material at the two locations shown in the attached picture on the blue pot. When I say lightly, I mean it! It only takes a little bit of shaving to expose the interior of the pot. NO DIGGING, please. The wiper blades are very close to the top. No wiggle room here at all. So take your time. From the top of the unit where the knobs are it goes: first blue section is squelch pot next blue is volume pot and the white thing at the end is the on off switch. I chose to expose both the volume and squelch pots as shown. Then get some deoxit D5 in there and rotate the pot(s) back and forth about 30 times. Then reseal with some tape over the top.
There you go! Better than new, or should I say, literally, better than new.
Tools needed:
2 drops of DeoxIT D5($13.99)
Xacto knife(or similar)
Patience(priceless)
Ardvaark
More photos:
http://i592.photobucket.com/albums/tt7/ardvaark/vol1.jpg
http://i592.photobucket.com/albums/tt7/ardvaark/vol2.jpg
Problem:
I too have a brand new 106 that suffers terribly from SVC(scratchy volume control) syndrome. Being that the volume control is a sealed type, there is no way to clean the contacts unless you create an opening to expose the wiper blades. I've done this before so I kind of knew what to expect.
PM me or respond here if you have any questions.
Instructions: Lightly begin shaving away material at the two locations shown in the attached picture on the blue pot. When I say lightly, I mean it! It only takes a little bit of shaving to expose the interior of the pot. NO DIGGING, please. The wiper blades are very close to the top. No wiggle room here at all. So take your time. From the top of the unit where the knobs are it goes: first blue section is squelch pot next blue is volume pot and the white thing at the end is the on off switch. I chose to expose both the volume and squelch pots as shown. Then get some deoxit D5 in there and rotate the pot(s) back and forth about 30 times. Then reseal with some tape over the top.
There you go! Better than new, or should I say, literally, better than new.
Tools needed:
2 drops of DeoxIT D5($13.99)
Xacto knife(or similar)
Patience(priceless)
Ardvaark
More photos:
http://i592.photobucket.com/albums/tt7/ardvaark/vol1.jpg
http://i592.photobucket.com/albums/tt7/ardvaark/vol2.jpg
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