[TowerTalk] Re: T2X

[Charlie Ocker]

K7LXC@aol.com wrote:
> 
> In a message dated 10/18/00 8:55:14 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
> 
> Hello, TowerTalkians --
> 
>     I got this message from Ivo, 9A3A,5B4ADA/C4A about his T2X. It sounds
> like a broken gear to me but maybe someone else might be able to help with
> the diagnosis. Any help appreciated.
> 
> Cheers,   Steve    K7LXC
> 
> 9A3A@spidernet.com.cy writes:
> 
> > I just found out that my T2X rotates from South to 60 deg East and than
> >  stops. Went up on the tower and released all cables, but it's still the
> >  same. It was dark, so I couldn't do much more, but I've got the rotor
> inside
> >  the tower and the mast goes through two bearings. Any ideas about T2X? What
> >  could go wrong, since it rotates almost 75 %, but stops at 60 deg.
> >  And, as always, one week before the contest.
> >
> >  73 Ivo 9A3A - 5B4ADA/C4A

I just repaired my T2X this week (Tuesday).  Similar symptoms.... way
too similiar!
My trouble started at the 60 degs... but I couldn't rotate it past 60
degs going
South.  I rocked it back and forth a few times, and it got it to go. 
Then I brought
it north to 45 degs.  After that, I couldn't move it South past 45 degs,
or North
past 0 degs!!!

I had a broken ring gear.  3 teeth were missing.  Found two of them in
the housing.
The third was jammed in the gear train.  I had anticipated the broken
ring gear,
and ordered one from MFJ/HyGain *and* Norm's Rotor Service.  Got them
both very
quickly via US mail.  Extracting the broken tooth from the gear train
was tricky,
but finally got it out.

The T2X works fine now, and will go back up the tower this weekend.

73 es GL!
Charlie  N9CO

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