[Towertalk] rotator tune-up checklist

[Saul Abrams]

Go to BJ's or similar, buy a big plastic container, put the rotator in the
container when you open it up.  Then pick up all the bearings from inside
the container.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike" <nasfred@1bigred.com>
To: "Jim White" <k4oj@tampabay.rr.com>; <w5lew@bellsouth.net>;
<towertalk@contesting.com>; "Fred Hopengarten" <k1vr@juno.com>
Sent: Friday, May 24, 2002 6:11 PM
Subject: Re: [Towertalk] rotator tune-up checklist


> 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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