My ARP AXXE has some very temperamental sliders, and they need coaxing to work sometimes.

I want to try and clean a lubricate them first rather than replacing them if I can.

I have DeoxIT Fader F100L fluid, but have not tried it yet.

Any advice?

thnx

The only really reliable way to clean the ARP CTS sliders is to desolder them, take them apart and clean them. I'm sure I must show the procedure in one of my videos. I would take the two tabs off the ends, then the conductive and resistive tracks pop out. I'd wash the housing to clean it, polish the conductive track with a dremel with wire brush attachment, gently clean the resistive track, wash the shaft and polish the wipers with the dremel, lubricate with fader grease, and then re-assemble. Huge pain in the butt, but these things are black holes for dirt and nastiness and spraying stuff inside doesn't get them clean.

Ultimately I found it wasn't worth the time to do it, and I started stocking new replacements (visit my site and grab a set if you decide to replace them). I'm also going to be putting out an LED slider kit for the Axxe shortly.

Thank you!

I'll try a light cleaning and any that don't response I'll replace.