5150 maintenance

[Genius Gone Insane]

How do you clean the knobs on a 5150? When I change settings (turn the low, mid, or high knobs, or even the gain etc) I get a little noise, static-ish and ugly. I was told that cleaning the knobs should fix that up. How do you do it?

Thanks!

 

[hogan666]

Hi,

same with my 5150. Used some contactspray.
Just take the chassis out of the enclosure.
On the back of the knobs are 2 holes where you could spray a bit inside.
Then dial the knobs a few times back and forth and the hiss should be away.

Cheers, Hogan.

 

[ophis]

Hi there. I use WD-40. Not to much, and it take away the noises...

 

[nwright]

I use DeOxit contact cleaner. Take the knobs off, spray the shaft and turn a few times. The cleaner seeps down the shaft into the pot, cleaning it. For me, this usually works, and I don't have to take the chassis out of the head shell. But, taking it out and sraying into the pot holes would probably be a more thorough clean.

 

[Genius Gone Insane]

Take the knobs off, .

Just pull em??

 

[006]

Well use something like wire snippers, that have a plier type head on them so that you can fit them under the bottom of the knob but disperse the weight/lift evenly. Just pull up and they should just slide up, might be a bit of a tug, but they'll just come right off. I use this same method with the contact cleaner/WD-40, works like a charm. Good luck.

~006

 

[Glenn Fricker]

I second the DeOxit

Get it here:
http://www.partsexpress.com/pe/showdetl.cfm?&DID=7&Partnumber=341-200

 

[EtherForBreakfast]

DeOxit is magical stuff. I have revived many a wack amp with that jesus juice.

 

[Genius Gone Insane]

Anything else that you can clean with that stuff?

 

[Hammer Bart]

Anything else that you can clean with that stuff?

works great on ani and scroti