[TowerTalk] Re: T2X starting problem

Lee Buller k0wa@southwind.net
Wed, 17 Dec 1997 15:28:09 -0600


At 03:29 PM 12/17/97 EST, you wrote:
>In a message dated 97-12-17 14:28:38 EST, you write:
>
>> Have you considered that the lockup might be somewhere else and not with
>>  the rotator? 
>
>    Good thought. You're right - the whole rotating train should be checked
>out. Maybe something is binding due to cold wx somewhere else in the system.
>It would be easy to check out by loosening the mast clamp U-bolts on the T2X
>and testing it by itself. If it checks out okay, you've gotta look further up
>the system.

Just provide another train of thought.  Is the grease used in the rotor to
hard when it gets cold?  Does the viscosity of the grease come into play here?

Lee
k0wa@southwind.net


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