Thank you all for your replies.
My first concern is to find a pot with a suitable resistance, and that bolt in the amplifier faceplate, and on which the knob fits also. I'm less worried about pc board footprint as the original pot have very long pins. I must take mesurements to confirm but I think a pot like ALPS RK27 or RK168 would be at least half an inch from PCB when fixed on faceplate, so I can connect the pot to PCB with wires.
Do you think this is possible? And for the motor, I heard different stories about motor impedance and control board of amp going nuts... Do all I have to confirm is motor voltage and current rating?
-- 18 Oct 2017 20:14 --
Teo Audio wrote:
ebay, china....(most likely)
If it is the same pot with different innards and a motor then it is possible to swap out the innards. That any alps pot of identical design, whether it is connected to a motor or not, can have the inner components swapped out to make it another value of resistance.
A bit advanced for the casual diy'er, though. Still, extremely doable.
You say I can order let's say a 20k manual pot for cheap and swap the contacts and wipers with the stock one?