Repairing a damage CRT/tube base

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Originally Posted by miniman82

But they also farm out EVERYTHING ot the lowest bidder. Anyone who's ever had the (dis)pleasure of working on the F/A=18E/F anti-skid braking system will tell you what a POS it is, so I'm not inclined to believe Military technology is necessarily the best out there after what I've seen. That said, I do like RTV for a job like this. I've personally had good luck with Wacky Glue, the base of the CRT in my Halolight is still stuck on prett hard.

Yeah, the Anti-skid system, the servocylinders, and the AAS-38 FLIR all were POS. Saw plenty of them broken in both peace and wartime ops - a VFA "up" status meant it could fly a minimal tanker sortie - "Really up" and they would actually fly ordnance! Semper Tomcat!

As far as the RTV, DOW and GE make great RTV products - it's the come-later companies that you have to watch out for.

Cheers,