09-10-2012, 08:42 AM
(This post was last modified: 09-10-2012, 10:33 AM by Old Sparky.)
Maybe it's because I spent 23 years working as a radio service engineer, but I usually replace faulty components. Seldom do I open up 50 year old pots. to fix them, unless they are of a special type or unusual value/track law, etc. Others may disagree with me, but, unless the radio(or whatever)is a particularly rare one, I don't see a problem replacing an old metal-shafted control with a modern pot. having a plastic spindle, other than the fact that most modern ones have 6mm shafts, rather than 0.25" ones. Usually if a double pole switch was present, I replace like with like, though I take Joe's point regarding the use of a single pole switch.
