Hello everybody, I have this rather humble, but important issue for me: I'm repairing some radio equipment, including some variable air capacitors and for the life of me I'm not able to get a source of high quality small mechanical parts. I'm hindered by the fact that I either don't know the proper names for them, in English, German or in my native language, or I'm doing something very wrong.
What I'm unable to find for the life of me:
- Split washer-like push-on shaft retainer (not the star shaped ones, but the flat cut ring), especially M4 inner diameter. Yaesu uses such a thing to hold the perfectly smooth (no fastener groove) shaft of a very important air capacitor, and the original is gone
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- Any kind of thin (0.1 - 0.5 mm ) circular flat washers in M2-M5 to be used as friction helper.
- Hi quality M2-M5 screws, especiall non-magnetic (stainless steel) the fleabay offer is pathetic.
I had to send too many cool devices to an early demise due to lack small high quality mechanical parts, so if any of you could help with a source that ships to Germany I will be so grateful.
Many thanks for your help.