My K2 is a Low Rider!

[JT Croteau]

"All my friends know the low rider"

Seriously.

The front of my newly built K2 looks like a hot rod with dropped
spindles installed.  This thing is seriously slammed down in the
weeds.  I don't understand it but the rear feet are definitely taller
than the front feet.

How could I possibly screw up the simple installation of four feet?

Has anyone else seen this?  Heh.

--
JT Croteau, N1ESE - Manchester, NH
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[JT Croteau]

On 9/3/07, k4zm <[hidden email]> wrote:
> It sounds like you have the bottom plate mounted 180 degrees out or have not
> installed the bail assy.  The bottom should be installed so that the bail
> assy is located near the front of the K2.  Also if mounted 180 degrees out I
> don't think you can install the two screws in the middle of the bottom
> cover.  These are important in making the PLL a stable unit.

Nope, everything is installed correctly.  Bail was a pain to install
but I finally got it  installed just fine.  It isn't off by much but
noticeable when sitting flat on the desk.  It's probably a 1/16th or
1/32nd shorter in the front but I haven't measured yet so maybe my
eyes are playing a trick on me.

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JT Croteau, N1ESE - Manchester, NH
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[Ken Wagner K3IU]

JT:

To give you another data point, I just measured my K2 (#5413) and it is
slightly *higher* in the front. With the bail not extended and measuring
from the bottom of the side panels to the tabletop at the front and rear.

Front Clearance ~15/32 in
Rear Clearance  ~27/64 in

Both +/- eyeball error. Both sides were about the same.

73,
Ken K3IU
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JT Croteau wrote:

> On 9/3/07, k4zm <[hidden email]> wrote:
>  
>> It sounds like you have the bottom plate mounted 180 degrees out or have not
>> installed the bail assy.  The bottom should be installed so that the bail
>> assy is located near the front of the K2.  Also if mounted 180 degrees out I
>> don't think you can install the two screws in the middle of the bottom
>> cover.  These are important in making the PLL a stable unit.
>>    
>
> Nope, everything is installed correctly.  Bail was a pain to install
> but I finally got it  installed just fine.  It isn't off by much but
> noticeable when sitting flat on the desk.  It's probably a 1/16th or
> 1/32nd shorter in the front but I haven't measured yet so maybe my
> eyes are playing a trick on me.
>
>  

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[Don Wilhelm-4]

JT,

Measure your rear feet.  Perhaps you have the wrong ones - but I do not
know of other Elecraft products that use different size feet (although
the K3 may have higher feet).

I just measured 3 K2s with my shop dial caliper.  My old SN 20 front
feet measure 0.430 inches and the rear feet are 0.410 (maybe from slight
compression over the years).  SN 586x has 0.430 front feet and the rear
feet measure 0.427 inches and SN 619x has 0.430 front feet and the rear
feet are 0.425 inches.  So all will have a very slight back tilt.

I can think of only 2 possibilities - one is that you mounted the
lockwashers between the feet and the rear panel (they should be next to
the nuts on the inside), or two is that somehow your rear feet are
incorrect due to some mixup in parts.

73,
Don W3FPR

> Nope, everything is installed correctly.  Bail was a pain to install
> but I finally got it  installed just fine.  It isn't off by much but
> noticeable when sitting flat on the desk.  It's probably a 1/16th or
> 1/32nd shorter in the front but I haven't measured yet so maybe my
> eyes are playing a trick on me.
>
>  
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