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Change pots - Have you done it?
Posted: Mon Aug 03, 2015 12:02 pm
by XAXAU
I found a RME that looked very good but the panel light knob is wobbly so I was thinking, maybe I could do it myself? I haggled it down to 1000 gbp from 1300 gbp, it looks good, panel is bright, the serial is RM1115 so It´s not that old and it´s out of the faulty danger zone ranging from serials 1330 thru1925. I figure the pot is 50 gbp including shipping or so?
Would you buy it and fix it or move on?
Re: Change pots - Have you done it?
Posted: Mon Aug 10, 2015 5:29 pm
by XAXAU
No one has changed any pots yourself? How about had them replaced by Moog techs?
Re: Change pots - Have you done it?
Posted: Tue Aug 11, 2015 1:44 am
by latigid on
I don't own an RME, but changing a pot is no problem if that's all it is. They don't cost 50£. Is it the knob or the actual pot that wobbles?
Consider these:
How often will you adjust the backlighting? Is it worth opening it up for that?
Why is the pot wobbly? As a studio unit this points to it being dropped at some point.
Re: Change pots - Have you done it?
Posted: Tue Aug 11, 2015 5:44 pm
by XAXAU
latigid on wrote:I don't own an RME, but changing a pot is no problem if that's all it is. They don't cost 50£. Is it the knob or the actual pot that wobbles?
Consider these:
How often will you adjust the backlighting? Is it worth opening it up for that?
Why is the pot wobbly? As a studio unit this points to it being dropped at some point.
It's the pot itself that wobbles. Yeah I asked the seller the same thing, how can something so sturdy get that banged up? It's built for taking a serious beating. But he just said that someone must've turned the knob too hard lol. Supposedly it has been sitting in a studio for a few years and not getting much use. Anyway I haggled it down £300 and I figured I could fix it myself.
Yeah it probably won't matter but I'd like it to be a friend for life, or if I decide to sell it I'd like it to be in good shape.
Re: Change pots - Have you done it?
Posted: Sat Sep 12, 2015 10:41 pm
by Just Me
Remove the knob. Tighten the nut. Put the knob back on.
I have to do this every few years to the pots on my Signature. Use 'em a lot and they will get loose.
Use a nut driver or socket and NOT pliers or wrenches and you wont scratch anything. (I have sockets with soft faces that won't scratch. Overkill, but left over from an OEM I worked for.)