Rob's knob is "sticky"

So it's getting warmer in the Bay Area again and like old-faithful spurts hot liquid into the air like clockwork, my original volume knob began to lose it's grip on its shaft. So I began replacing it with one of Rob's sexy new knobs that he mailed to me.

First I dropped the tiny rubber o-ring into the vast known of some carpeted gash in my car and who know where the hell it ended up. So I made a guess that the o-ring wasn't absolutely necessary for improved functionality and worked Rob's knob onto the shaft.

So now my knob doesn't slip on the shaft!! Woohoo! But it's a little "sticky" as in it seems that on half of a revolution, it rubs a bit on something and adds a bit of resistance to the turn. I'm scared to pull on Rob's knob for fear that it will break my shaft off of the circuit board, so I imagine that I'll just leave it as is and hope that with time, the "stickiness" will lessen.

Is there anything else that I should try?

-Hoagy.

Hi,

Okay, who makes the first perverted remark about this post - tfabris or loren?

Nah, me.

You need the rubber, or else things get sticky.


G'nite




Lars

On the serious side.

There is a small amount of adjustability in the position of the faceplate. So loosen the fasteners, Jiggle (a technical term) the faceplate aound a bit and retighten the fasteners, not too tight, and check the stickeyness. Also check that this didn't introduce any stickness in Rob's buttons on the other side.

Ahh, very good. I was going to adjust the faceplate and it turns out that just a 1/4 turn of the top right screw let the faceplate adjust its position and now Rob's knob is free to sit and spin on the shaft. (I can easily push Rob's buttons too)

Thanks for support during these exciting times of playing with Rob's parts.

-Hoagy

I'm glad that if I were to go under a bus today, I would at least be remembered for my knob and buttons.

Rob

hehehehhehehehehehheheh

TommyE