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

["Paul Willmott" <pwillmott@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hija!

I did my old rotor about 7 years ago, .. I got most of the screws out, but
had to hacksaw a few of them, ... luckily you can get (or could) spares from
yaesu to replace them.

Anyway at present I'm searching BDA for an impact driver!

Cheers
Paul
----- Original Message -----
From: "Francisco Costa" <fcosta@mail.telepac.pt>
To: <amsat-bb@AMSAT.Org>
Sent: Thursday, October 10, 2002 7:02 PM
Subject: [amsat-bb] To open, or not open it


> ----- Original Message -----
> 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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