Wireless Set No. 52 Canadian - Project

[David Dunlop]

The first step in removing the Locking Mechanism from the front panel is to extract the small steel D-Ring from the end of the brass post that keeps the burled brass Lock Nut from getting lost. My wife’s collection of small jewellery pliers are great for this and I usually work with the curved ones to get the job done.

Once the D-Ring is removed, the Lock Nut can be backed off the post. There may be a nit of resistance as the nut moved up over the empty hole where the D-Ring sat. This is to be expected. After decades of the Lock Nut being backed up against the steel D-Ring, the ring will have mushroomed the brass post a bit and the Lock Nut is riding up over this mushroom for the first time. I usually run the nut up and down a few times to clear the threads and it then passes up off the post quite easily.

With the Lock Nut off the post, the spring locj plate can be lifted free of the post.



David