[TowerTalk] Yaesu Rotor Repair?

[Joe L Blackwell]

If you open your Yaesu rotator, be prepared for a lot of ball bearings to
fall out.
de Joe, aa4nn

"Dave D'Epagnier" <DDEpagnier@compuserve.com> writes:
> 
> Well, I got my cracked rotor mast clamp replaced for my G-600x. Yaesu
had
> it in stock. It's interesting that they now say it's important to pin
the
> mast. They include a long bolt and drilling instructions for it. My old
> clamp didn't even have a hole for pinning.
> 
>  Anyhow, in one of my brighter moments, I attached the rotor wires up
wrong
> and applied about 900mW to the position sensing potentiometer in the
rotor
> and smoked it. How can I get this fixed? Is it easy for me to fix  this
or
> is opening a rotor liken to tearing into an automobile transmission? 
> Has anybody on the list ever replaced one of these? Should I do it 
myself or
> send it off to Norm's etc?
> 
> tnx,
> 
> Dave
> K0QE
> 
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73, de Joe  aa4nn
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eeetet   ee

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