[TowerTalk] G5400B Stuck

[William Fry]

 > Hi all,
 >
 > My G-5400B rotor (Elevation) has stopped at near 45 deg. It was
 > semi working up to yesterday. During a pass, on the down swing of the 
pass the meter would read 10-45 deg.or above and not fall below this 
reading. When the pass was finished it should have been at 0 deg. By
 > (Flicking) the UP switch , just once, the meter & rotor would
 > return to 0 deg. This has been like this for the past 6 months
 > but by doing this thing with the up switch it would work okay.
 > Now using controller manually it won't go UP or Down, its just
 > stuck at this point. I have taken readings: 4-6 = 7 ohms & 5-6 =
 > 5.4 ohms. The lights dim when using the UP switch in both meters,
 > but dosen't dim using the Down switch and also the (down) switch
 > seems very resistive (stiffer) than normal. The pot reads 240.4
 > deg. The AZ part works okay, no problems and the rotor bought new
 > is 3-4 years old. Does anyone know if there is any test I can do
 > in the controller before attempting to strip everything down
 > outdoors, or can anyone help or point me to someone I can talk to
 > about this matter, would be greatly appreciated. I do have a new
 > motor belonging to a G-500A and was wondering if it would fit the
 > EL part of the G5400B, thanks.
 >
 > Bill, VO1OR
 >
 >
 >