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1. [TowerTalk] Sluggish crank-up tower (score: 1): Author: Rick Stealey <rstealey@hotmail.com>; Date: Fri, 20 Jun 2014 16:10:56 +0000; K2XT, Rick here. I've recently been having trouble getting my tower to extend easily. It is a US Tower TX472 with the motor drive. Symptom when I first experienced the problem last fall was very slug; /archives//html/Towertalk/2014-06/msg00202.html (8,878 bytes)
2. Re: [TowerTalk] Sluggish crank-up tower (score: 1): Author: "Joe Giacobello, K2XX" <k2xx@swva.net>; Date: Fri, 20 Jun 2014 13:03:43 -0400; Rick, I had a similar problem with an LM-470. It turned out that the solution was a rusted shaft between the motor and the large pulley. A squirt of oil onto the shaft and toward the portion of the s; /archives//html/Towertalk/2014-06/msg00206.html (10,488 bytes)
3. Re: [TowerTalk] Sluggish crank-up tower (score: 1): Author: Ray Benny <rayn6vr@cableone.net>; Date: Fri, 20 Jun 2014 10:40:58 -0700; Rick, The pulley bearings do seize up at over time depending on WX and your environment, especially if the tower is left in one position for a long time. Tashjian Towers did sell replacement pulleys; /archives//html/Towertalk/2014-06/msg00207.html (11,638 bytes)
4. Re: [TowerTalk] Sluggish crank-up tower (score: 1): Author: Rick Stealey <rstealey@hotmail.com>; Date: Fri, 20 Jun 2014 17:58:31 +0000; I've been working since I posted. I found a pulley that is very sluggish. It cleaned up with WD40 and motor oil and is at least turning, in my hand. Now to locate proper industrial replacements at a; /archives//html/Towertalk/2014-06/msg00209.html (8,065 bytes)
5. Re: [TowerTalk] Sluggish crank-up tower (score: 1): Author: Dan Hearn <n5ardxcc@gmail.com>; Date: Fri, 20 Jun 2014 11:25:09 -0700; Rick: I replaced the lift cables and pulley bearings on my TX472 by myself with the tower in vertical position. I have a note on our club website www.SDXA.org describing how I did it. The note is und; /archives//html/Towertalk/2014-06/msg00210.html (9,385 bytes)
6. Re: [TowerTalk] Sluggish crank-up tower (score: 1): Author: Grant Saviers <grants2@pacbell.net>; Date: Fri, 20 Jun 2014 12:48:24 -0700; Check ebay for out of production bearings and suppliers of same. I found some for a LM354 that way. Very unusual bearing/sheave assembly marked "Boeing", so Tri-Ex must have bought a bunch of Boeing; /archives//html/Towertalk/2014-06/msg00212.html (10,039 bytes)
7. Re: [TowerTalk] Sluggish crank-up tower (score: 1): Author: "Richard (Rick) Karlquist" <richard@karlquist.com>; Date: Fri, 20 Jun 2014 15:09:38 -0700; Ok, so my next theory is a pulley is jammed, Rick K2XT The pulley bearings do freeze up regardless of anything the mfr. says. Spray with WD40 until you can spin them by hand then apply lubricating o; /archives//html/Towertalk/2014-06/msg00214.html (8,502 bytes)
8. Re: [TowerTalk] Sluggish crank-up tower (score: 1): Author: "Roger (K8RI) on TT" <K8RI-on-TowerTalk@tm.net>; Date: Sat, 21 Jun 2014 09:33:57 -0400; Ok, so my next theory is a pulley is jammed, Rick K2XT I would choose PB Blaster which works far better than WD40, Has some lubricating properties and is not primarily made of easily and fast evapor; /archives//html/Towertalk/2014-06/msg00221.html (9,943 bytes)
9. Re: [TowerTalk] Sluggish crank-up tower (score: 1): Author: Patrick Greenlee <patrick_g@windstream.net>; Date: Mon, 23 Jun 2014 07:31:01 -0500; I read the results of a university test of penetrating fluids. The top performer was a 50-50 mix of acetone and ATF. This simple cheap brew outperformed all the commercial products regardless of pric; /archives//html/Towertalk/2014-06/msg00276.html (11,721 bytes)

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