Bush TR82 loudspeaker gasket. - UK Vintage Radio Repair and Restoration Discussion Forum

Dickie · 18th Mar 2012, 7:04 pm

I've just started my first TR82 restoration. I've successfully removed the dial intact using the "handkerchief (clean)" method, and upon removing the chassis I've got this. The loudspeaker felt gasket is partly padded out to the correct level with a piece of hardboard (or similar) and there is a lot of evidence of scraping and surface preparation around it. Is this normal? The set shows no other evidence of being "got at".

ajs37 · 18th Mar 2012, 8:05 pm

Yes, quite normal, I have restored a number of these and they all have this feature - the surface is 'roughed up' to prepare it for the glue for the hardboard.

Cheers,
Andy

Dickie · 18th Mar 2012, 10:06 pm

Thanks. It looks like an afterthought. Maybe someone messed up when they signed off the mould tool and they couldn't afford to rework it.

18th Mar 2012, 7:04 pm	#1
Dickie Octode Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: St. Albans, Hertfordshire, UK. Posts: 1,478	Bush TR82 loudspeaker gasket. I've just started my first TR82 restoration. I've successfully removed the dial intact using the "handkerchief (clean)" method, and upon removing the chassis I've got this. The loudspeaker felt gasket is partly padded out to the correct level with a piece of hardboard (or similar) and there is a lot of evidence of scraping and surface preparation around it. Is this normal? The set shows no other evidence of being "got at". Attached Thumbnails __________________ Regards, Richard, BVWS member

18th Mar 2012, 8:05 pm	#2
ajs37 Heptode Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Bristol, UK. Posts: 900	Re: Bush TR82 loudspeaker gasket. Yes, quite normal, I have restored a number of these and they all have this feature - the surface is 'roughed up' to prepare it for the glue for the hardboard. Cheers, Andy

18th Mar 2012, 10:06 pm	#3
Dickie Octode Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: St. Albans, Hertfordshire, UK. Posts: 1,478	Re: Bush TR82 loudspeaker gasket. Thanks. It looks like an afterthought. Maybe someone messed up when they signed off the mould tool and they couldn't afford to rework it. __________________ Regards, Richard, BVWS member