[Towertalk] rotator tune-up checklist

[Mike]

Hello,

Mount the rotor (bell housing) in a vice up-side down and you will have a
fighting chance of not having the ball bearings fall on the floor, etc.  

When reassembling the rotor, set the gears and the spur gear to have the
inside to align with the bell housing so the wiper arm will be in the
middle of the indents at the bottom (top) of the bell housing.  Then set
the wiper arm to the center.  Put the bearings in the bell housing and put
the guts back in the rotor.  

Good luck.

	73,
	Mike, K4GMH

At 11:36 PM 5/22/02 -0400, Jim White wrote:
>HA HA HA
>
>Been there done that.....Dad used to have a special shallow cardboard box he
>would use when he seperated the housing halves on the Ham-M....otherwise
>know as....
>
>"Their Off"
>
>boing boing boing - note this is also a good reason to use somewhat
>excessive quantities of grease upon reinstalling them - helps keep them in
>their place while you jiggle the housing halves....I often wonder how many
>of thsoe ball bearings the new home owner found when in the basement when my
>folks moved!
>
>K4OJ
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Fred Hopengarten" <k1vr@juno.com>
>To: <w5lew@bellsouth.net>; <towertalk@contesting.com>
>Sent: Wednesday, May 22, 2002 11:31 AM
>Subject: Re: [Towertalk] rotator tune-up checklist
>
>
>>
>> On Tue, 21 May 2002 23:16:13 -0500 "Lew King" <w5lew@bellsouth.net>
>> writes:
>>
>> > I want to checkout my Ham IV Rotator I got with my free tower - lube
>> > it, check gears, components, etc, get it ready to go. Is there a
>> checklist somewhere I can use?
>> >
>> > I know about C.A.T.S. and Norm's trade-in deal, but I'd like to do
>> > it myself, if possible (please say it's cheaper that way :)
>> >
>> > Lew W5LEW
>>
>> K1VR:  As you approach this project, remember that there are only two
>> kinds of people. Those who have opened up a Ham IV and seen the
>> ball-bearings bounce and roll all over the floor, and those who have
>> never opened up a Ham IV.
>>
>> Fred Hopengarten K1VR                       hopengarten@post.harvard.edu
>> Six Willarch Road * Lincoln, MA 01773-5105
>> 781/259-0088 *eFax 419/858-2421
>>
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