At 09:27 AM 2/17/1999 -0500, Robert Hummel wrote:
>
>>>I changed from a Tailtwister to the Yaesu G-1000SDX and it fails to
>rotate, more than 25-30 degrees.
>
>I had similar problems with both the 800 and 1000 turning over a limited
>range.
>
>Turns out it was my fault. Too lazy (and too rushed) to drill the correct
>metric bolt circle in my mounting plate, I picked up the holes I could. I
>then clamped the mast. As a result, the rotor was not centered or axially
>aligned. When it turned, it just bound up tring to bend that mast around a
>conical path.
>
>When I loosened everything up and aligned it, it again turned like a champ.
A neat, simple trick taught me by W9LT -- First clamp the rotator to the
mast, next tighten the bolts to the rotator plate, and last, tighten the
u-bolts to the tower legs. Don't force anything into line. Works every
time.
73, Pete N4ZR
Loud is good
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