The bottom bolts on a Ham IV I had would work loose every few months when I
had no load on it (I bought into the thrustbearing-takes-the-weight thing
when I was new...). After I placed the full load of antennas and mast on
it, this problem stopped.
Rotors have HUNDREDS of bearings in them. Most thrust bearings I've seen
only have 10-20.... I'm no expert in physics, but where to put all the
weight seems like an easy decision to me.
73,
Blake N4GI
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From: towertalk-bounces@contesting.com
[mailto:towertalk-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of K7LXC@aol.com
Roger, thank you for cutting to the chase. You are entirely correct but
hardly anyone is aware of this and only the Orion even mentions it in their
owner's manual. While I haven't seen any catastrophic failure trends with
"floating" rotators, they are all designed to have some preload to seat the
bearings in their races.
Cheers,
Steve K7LXC
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