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wgreeley · 01-10-2018, 09:28 AM

I wonder if someone has taken apart a 36 Philco FT-9 control head. I need to remove the switch for repair, but the dial gears are in the way. Does anyone know how to remove the dial gears. The right hand gear is captive to the center dial gear which doesn't want to come off. Both gears rotate freely.

wamnram · 01-10-2018, 04:21 PM

There is a small wire clip behind the gears that holds them in. maybe someone else on here will have a picture of it.

Brendan · 01-10-2018, 08:09 PM

looks like a clock!

wgreeley · 01-13-2018, 08:40 PM

Thanks Wayne. That was it. A little DeoxIT contact cleaner and the switch was fine.

jgclark1957 · 09-23-2023, 09:37 AM

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Hello;
Is it too late to get further information about this thread?
I am also attempting to remove the switch from my Ford Philco FT9 Radio Head.
I am encountering the same issue that "wgreeley" ran into. The right gear is retained by the center gear and I can't seem to remove the center gear. There is a very small spring that is connected between the 2 gear shafts and clips to the hole in the center gear. I have disconnected that spring but I still can't figure out how the center gear is removed.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks in advance.
Jim

01-10-2018, 09:28 AM	#1
wgreeley Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2017 Location: Marblehead, MA Posts: 13	36 Ford radio head repair I wonder if someone has taken apart a 36 Philco FT-9 control head. I need to remove the switch for repair, but the dial gears are in the way. Does anyone know how to remove the dial gears. The right hand gear is captive to the center dial gear which doesn't want to come off. Both gears rotate freely.

01-10-2018, 04:21 PM	#2
wamnram Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: San Tan Valley, Arizona Posts: 210	Re: 36 Ford radio head repair There is a small wire clip behind the gears that holds them in. maybe someone else on here will have a picture of it. __________________ Wayne

01-10-2018, 08:09 PM	#3
Brendan Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: At my kitchen table in Santa Rosa, Ca Posts: 2,903	Re: 36 Ford radio head repair looks like a clock! __________________ If it would have been a snake it would have bit ya! i can't spell my way out of a paper bag!

01-13-2018, 08:40 PM	#4
wgreeley Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2017 Location: Marblehead, MA Posts: 13	Re: 36 Ford radio head repair Thanks Wayne. That was it. A little DeoxIT contact cleaner and the switch was fine.