sx-780 problem, please help!
- Thread starter jsjazz
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In the other thread, you say you are looking for the tuning dial shaft. So...can I assume that you tightened the nut on the back and it snapped off?
If you didn't break anything, then use a socket (or small wrench), and loosten the small nut on the back of the flywheel weight...no need to remove it completely, but back it off about 5 or 6 threads (it has some kind of Loctite on it, so it turns kinda hard). Now, with one hand, hold the large flywheel at the back, and with the other, grab the tuning dial at the front, and 'unscrew' it (turning counterclockwise). Actually, all you are wanting to do is to loosten it a little so it isn't so tight. Once you get it where you want, hold the tuning dial in place at the front, and retighten the nut at the rear. Snug it down, but do not overtighten it..it will break too easily.
If you've already busted the nut off, you can still fix it. Hold the flywheel as above, and unscrew the shaft by turning the tuning dial. Unscrew the dial to where you can peer into the threads at the rear of the flywheel and see 4 or 5 threads deep. Mix up some epoxy, or JB Weld, and cram some into the threads, then screw the shaft back in to the point where the dial still turns easily but the slack is taken up. Let it set till it cures. It should be fine as long as you don't flip the tuning dial real hard.
If you didn't break anything, then use a socket (or small wrench), and loosten the small nut on the back of the flywheel weight...no need to remove it completely, but back it off about 5 or 6 threads (it has some kind of Loctite on it, so it turns kinda hard). Now, with one hand, hold the large flywheel at the back, and with the other, grab the tuning dial at the front, and 'unscrew' it (turning counterclockwise). Actually, all you are wanting to do is to loosten it a little so it isn't so tight. Once you get it where you want, hold the tuning dial in place at the front, and retighten the nut at the rear. Snug it down, but do not overtighten it..it will break too easily.
If you've already busted the nut off, you can still fix it. Hold the flywheel as above, and unscrew the shaft by turning the tuning dial. Unscrew the dial to where you can peer into the threads at the rear of the flywheel and see 4 or 5 threads deep. Mix up some epoxy, or JB Weld, and cram some into the threads, then screw the shaft back in to the point where the dial still turns easily but the slack is taken up. Let it set till it cures. It should be fine as long as you don't flip the tuning dial real hard.
