[amsat-bb] To open, or not open it

["Francisco Costa" <fcosta@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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From: Paul Willmott <pwillmott@northrock.bm>
To: <gjmouse@neo.rr.com>; <amsat-bb@amsat.org>
Sent: Wednesday, October 09, 2002 11:19 PM
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Yaesu Rotor REPLY

> I havn't cracked the case open yet on the 5500 unit, I need to get an
impact
> driver, those screws are in tight!

They sure are!
I have my 5400 down, and before I put it up again
(on the new tower) I thought it might be a good idea
to do maitenance on it, in order to avoid future problems.
The first job was to gave an anti corrosion treatment to
the U bracket (that connects the az with the ev rotator)
who was looking pretty rusty.
The second task was open the elevation rotator and
replace grease and any bearing ball (if necessary).
Well, even with an impact tool, opening the case wasn't
easy as I supposed it was. I only removed one screw,
and the head was so damaged I can't use it anymore.
So, I question myself: should I gave up my inicial idea
and trust luck, or open it and do the job, even I have
to smash all the screws?
Any opinion from "rotator guru's" is wellcome!

73 F.Costa, CT1EAT
http://www.qsl.net/ct1eat

P.S. FYI, the unit is working fine (since 1996) and has been
        light used. Not much strong winds, but many days of
        hot temperatures...

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