Well, I matched my transistors as best I could, actually got the hfe test to work. It was a matter of giggling the leads to get them to make good contact, so thanks for suggesting to bend them. Anywho, I now will need to reset the idle current. I've done so before on amps and receivers where they either have dedicated pins, or where it's been referenced to ground and one leg of a resistor.
The receiver I'm working on now states that it needs to be done on a "cold" unit, but I have a question as to the wording of where to attach the leads.
"connect a DC VTVM across R541 and R543 in the right channel output. Adjust R517..."
"connect a DC VTVM across R542 and R 544 in the left channel output. Adjust R518..."
From that wording which lead should go where on the resistors? Does it matter which gets the + and which gets the - ? And which leg of the resistors would I attach to, that which is closest to the output transistors, i.e. the ones tied to the emitters?
Thanks,
John