Pioneer TX-6800 Service Manual page 20

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DIAL CORD STRINGING
Remove the wooden case and front panel as
described in the "Disassembly"? section on
page 7.
Turn the tuning capacitor shaft fully clockwise.
Fix the tuning drum to the tuning capacitor
shaft so that the set-screw is uppermost.
Tie on end of the dial cord to the hook on
the tuning drum.
Pass the cord through the cut-out section in
the tuning drum, and then take it over pulleys
A, B and C in that sequence.
Wind the cord around the tuning shaft 2 times.
Pass it over pulley D, wind it around the tuning
drum 2 times, and finally tie it to the spring
hook so that it is tensioned.
Tuning drum
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Turn the tuning shaft, and check that the cord
moves smoothly.
Cut off any excess cord.
Turn the tuning shaft counter-clockwise as far
as it will go.
Align the dial pointer with the starting point
of the dial scale (second division from the left),
and then pass the cord over it.
Check that the dial pointer is in line with the
starting point of the dial scale.
Finally apply the locking paint to the cord
securing positions (tuning drum hook and
spring hook) and the dial pointer connection.
Spring
hook
Hook
Tuning shaft