Hi Steve --
I've written several articles on my website
about rebuilding CDE rotators including one
complete article on rebuilding the Tail-Twister.
I also had a problem of losing some teeth off
the ring gear but mine were not near the stop
stob as yours evidently were. The articles
can be found at:
<http://www.hayseed.net/~jpk5lad/Rotors/Rot
ator%20Repair%20Menu.htm>
The articles have numerous pictures for the
rotator rebuilder including some of my rotator
with the missing ring gear teeth.
Good luck and 73,
Jim - K5LAD
On 7 Apr 2013 at 15:10, Crownhaven wrote:
> I recently had a failure of my T2X. It would stick on a particular NE
> heading. I pulled it down yesterday and found........
>
> The ring gear teeth were sheared off underneath where it has
> the protruding section that will actuate the limit switch arm
> & continued CW from there.
> Was it just a coincidence that it happened in that area or do
> the teeth just happen to be weaker there for some reason?
> For those that have lost ring gear teeth, has that been a common
> area where it happened? This corresponded to the heading of NE.
>
>
> Have the same question into Norm's Rotor Service. I'm prepared to
> replace the ring gear but curious as to why this happened the way it
> did. An inspection of the rotor revealed no other apparent issues.
>
> Steve, N4JQQ, Memphis, TN
>
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