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dayshaddow · 04-21-2013, 12:47 PM

hi all just a quick post
so has anyone had issues with the menue selection turny button thingy. mine stoped working.i carefully took it apart and a small bit of wd40 into the button and now its fine

just wondering if its on its was out and needs to go in for a service

jperkosk · 04-21-2013, 02:57 PM

It sounds like your roller had a mechanical wear, so you may me OK with WD40 here, especially because it's not a flight-control device.

wulfrun · 04-22-2013, 04:49 AM

WD40 isn't a lubricant or contact cleaner, it's meant as a water-dispersant (hint: WD). It'll dry up to an insulating film so I'd give it a blast of electrical contact cleaner and get that WD40 out of it as soon as you can.

Yes, I find that the roller/click on mine can be a bit hit-and-miss. Fortunately, it's not too bad so, being a non-flight control, I just live with it when it plays up.

Luke Warmwater · 04-22-2013, 06:14 AM

+1.

WD40 is great at getting water out or even freeing up rust.....but as a lubricant or contact cleaner, it is poor at best and from an electrical point of view, can easily do more harm than good!

(Pretty much the same for 3 in 1, although it is slightly better., as "one" of the "3" is lubrication).

dayshaddow · 04-22-2013, 06:47 AM

switch cleaner is on my shopping list now

..i just remembered from the honeybee days of using it to clean the pots when they went crankey.

04-21-2013, 12:47 PM	#1 (permalink)
dayshaddow Registered Users My HF Map location Join Date: Aug 2009	dx6i button stoped working hi all just a quick post so has anyone had issues with the menue selection turny button thingy. mine stoped working.i carefully took it apart and a small bit of wd40 into the button and now its fine just wondering if its on its was out and needs to go in for a service __________________ Hubsan 501s

04-21-2013, 02:57 PM	#2 (permalink)
jperkosk Registered Users My HF Map location Join Date: Dec 2009	It sounds like your roller had a mechanical wear, so you may me OK with WD40 here, especially because it's not a flight-control device. __________________ Jerry Trex 700N Pro fbl, 600N Pro x 2, 450SE v1, 250 v2 fbl, Compass 6HV fbl, Blade 450x, 400, 300x, 130x, mCPx, 120SR, mQx, mSR, Rotor Concepts HPQ1, Walkera CB180Q, CB100, Novus FP, CP, Esky Hunter, Big Lama.

04-22-2013, 04:49 AM	#3 (permalink)
wulfrun Registered Users Join Date: Jan 2012	WD40 isn't a lubricant or contact cleaner, it's meant as a water-dispersant (hint: WD). It'll dry up to an insulating film so I'd give it a blast of electrical contact cleaner and get that WD40 out of it as soon as you can. Yes, I find that the roller/click on mine can be a bit hit-and-miss. Fortunately, it's not too bad so, being a non-flight control, I just live with it when it plays up. __________________ Belt CP/Blade 400 hybrid with RDTS mod Blade mSR, Blade mSR-X, Blade mCP X (V1), Blade Nano CP X & QX Buzzfly BE (aka Walkera 4#3B)

04-22-2013, 06:14 AM	#4 (permalink)
Luke Warmwater Registered Users My HF Map location Join Date: Aug 2009	+1. WD40 is great at getting water out or even freeing up rust.....but as a lubricant or contact cleaner, it is poor at best and from an electrical point of view, can easily do more harm than good! (Pretty much the same for 3 in 1, although it is slightly better., as "one" of the "3" is lubrication). __________________ 450 Bell 222, 450 Jet Ranger, HBFP Redbee Extreme, 500 size Blackhawk MH-60, 600 EP Spitfire, Sebart 342 30e, Davy Systems Flybaby, ST Models FW190, Micro SU26 & GWS P38. DX7s

04-22-2013, 06:47 AM	#5 (permalink)
dayshaddow Registered Users Thread Starter My HF Map location Join Date: Aug 2009	switch cleaner is on my shopping list now ..i just remembered from the honeybee days of using it to clean the pots when they went crankey. __________________ Hubsan 501s

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