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| | | | Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 9,671 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 9,671 | I’m going through a couple of United Motors 986443 Radios out of early 50's trucks and I'm having quite a time removing the old push buttons. I have one pushed back about almost 1/8” and the bar appears to have barbs that the knob is forced over. I don’t want to bend the push bars, which seems likely if I keep prying on the knob.
Anyone experienced with these?
Denny Graham
Sandwich, IL
Denny G
Sandwich, IL
| | | | | Joined: Nov 2001 Posts: 1,521 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Nov 2001 Posts: 1,521 | When I did my last radio, I just took a pair of pliers and broke the old push buttons off. Then put the new ones in hot water before you install them. | | | | | Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 9,671 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 9,671 | Well, I think I got her figured out. I’m clamping the button in the vise and the slide just wiggles off. A couple of pics of todays exercise: http://good-times.webshots.com/photo/2239948840098611668bBsFXT It works just like a new unit now that it has been completely disassembled, cleaned, lubed and adjusted. One more to go, but I know how it comes apart now. Denny Graham Sandwich, IL
Denny G
Sandwich, IL
| | | | | Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 9,115 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 9,115 | Denny,
I usually take a pair of side cutters and nibble away the knobs. That way I don't have to exert too much force on the mechanism. That is a good looking unit. No mice in that one! | | | | | Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 9,671 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 9,671 | It's the "push buttons" that I was asking about Fred, the knobs come off nice and easy but the buttons are pushed on to the barb on the slide. I got her figured out so you can even use the old ones if you can get them cleaned up. There is a picture of how I got the buttons off without damaging either party. I took all ten buttons off and could use them again if I wanted to sand and buff them. http://good-times.webshots.com/photo/2731935820098611668rsWvqP Denny Graham Sandwich, IL
Denny G
Sandwich, IL
| | | | | Joined: Nov 2009 Posts: 110 Wrench Fetcher | | Wrench Fetcher Joined: Nov 2009 Posts: 110 | Denny, you just save the buttons on my radio. I tried almost everything but destroying them and was going to be replacing with repops. I can now remove them, sand and buff them and should be able to reuse them too. | | | | | Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 9,671 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 9,671 | Glad it work out for you. Once these push button mechinisms are cleaned, lubed and freed up they work real nice and smooth.
Denny Graham
Sandwich, IL
Denny G
Sandwich, IL
| | | | | Joined: Jan 2011 Posts: 152 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Jan 2011 Posts: 152 | I gently heated mine with a torch, then pulled them off with a pair of pliers.
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