It's been a while, but I was having some intermittent right channel loss on my Sony STR-6046A. It was remedied temporarily with a gentle nudge of the selector knob, but that was becoming a more frequent requirement, so I decided to pull it and clean it.
Broke out the old spray cans of DeOxit and did the whole cleaning since I had the cover off anyway. I noticed some general oxidation on the speaker connects, which I thought was odd. Anyway cleaned the whole thing, with a lot of focus on the selector knob, cleaning that twice with the the straight D5 spray followed by the Gold. Hooked it back up after sitting for a while and it works like a charm again.
Of note, the oxidation seems to be caused by the chlorine we keep in the pool shed/house by our pool where this unit is in almost constant use during the Spring, Summer, and Fall. I never put two and two together until this time, but there are times when the scent of chlorine is noticeable in the shed. So I googled "Chlorine and Electronics" and was quickly enlightened. Apparently this is the cause of my problems and it has occurred with two or three receivers I've swapped out over the years out there. I had previously figured that it was weather related change because the unit is in place year round and Maryland gets all the seasons. So, for information's sake, here's an excerpt of an article I read that has made me move any chlorine products for our pool to another location.
" With regard to cleaning up after rodents, chlorine substances may be a winner from a sanitation standpoint, but it’s a potential disaster equipment-wise, he says. Chlorine substances are corrosive to aluminum and copper and will wreck electronics.
As readers may know, smoke from PVC ruins all it touches; the same is true for Clorox, and you can’t clean it up. Even using it on the floor near the air intake for a transmitter can cause corrosion problems.
Inside an enclosed antenna tuning unit, the resultant fumes can take their toll on copper coils and strap. Lawrence’s advice is to check the ingredients of any cleaning compound you intend to use, to prevent these headaches."
https://www.radioworld.com/columns-and-views/chlorine-products-electronics-dont-mix
Hopefully this resolves the scratchiness and channel loss issues for me.

DeOxit to the rescue once again!