Re: Disassembly of the VR-500?

"david273129" <[email protected]> Thu, 18 Sep 2008 15:33:24 -0000

Newsgroups	gmane.recreation.radio.hardware.yaesu.vr-500
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--- In [email protected], "jzagar53" <jzagar53@...> wrote:
>
> How tough is it to disassemble the VR-500 to get down to the speaker 
> level?  I need to fix the speaker contacts that apparently become 
> intermittent due to oxidation causing audio to cut in and out.  Is 
> desoldering required to get the sub-boards out?
>
Hi, I would not even think about trying to take the radio apart. As 
the other member said just a little switch cleaner on the plug and 
work it in and out. You may have to do it a few times but it should do 
the trick.

Regards

Dave.