I've got a CTC187 with pincussion distortion, sides are bowed in. Seems to be a fairly common problem which is usually cured by changing a capacitor. Problem is I'm not sure where to get parts anymore? I have the RCA part numbers but I haven't had the usual luck with Google, there's so much noise these days. Where's a good place to order this stuff anymore?
CTC187 pincussion
Aug 09, 2006
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MCM
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If you can't see bloated caps at C4407 or 4403 then you may not even need parts. Usually on 187's the pincushion problem is normally a high resistance pad where the pin damper diode and C4407 connect. Rather large pad that you need to scrape down and reflow solder there. 9 times out of 10 that was the fix.
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