Hello.... I am presently using four of the 2800s, ground-mounted to turn rotating towers. I'm having some problems getting the orion clamps to stay 'tight' on the sprocket shafts (2" solid steel shaf
Dick over any other clamp style, will go for this http://www.k7nv.com/proppitch/id35.htm have in use the same clamp for prop pitch more professional look and more area of coverage in your sprockets (
I am using the Champion clamp and have had no problems with it. I noticed that the Champion u bolts were a little too short to put spring washers under the u-bolt nuts, so I used blue loctite to make
I have a K7NV prop pitch which is generally great. This clamp is also great, but only if your mast is very accurately 2 inches. I have a Texas Towers mast that is just slightly over 2 inches due to g
My, but that's expensive! Why not drill and pin the connection between rotor and shaft instead, or try some friction-increasing material inside the clamps? I recall a thread on Towertalk a few years
I'm using the Champion replacement clamp on my Orion rotor, which turns a 16 sq ft antenna. It's working as advertised: the mast hasn't rotated in the clamp at all since I installed it. When using th
My stock Orion clamp has been holding for 8 years now. With a TH7 and a 402CD and a 100+ pound chrome molly mast. And we get high winds here too. 73 Jim W7RY _________________________________________
That Orion clamp is a brute to be sure. The only thing that I know that holds tighter than that is my mother-in-law to her dinner fork. - M My stock Orion clamp has been holding for 8 years now. With
The stock clamp works fine for me.. holding a 4ele 40 and 4ele Steppir and 22ft mast Bob Gibson W5RG That Orion clamp is a brute to be sure. The only thing that I know that holds tighter than that