[TowerTalk] HAM IV won't reverse direction after reachind end of travel stop

[Kevin Balmforth]

Yes,  in this failure more, the ring gear tang is up against the pivoting lever arm that opens the CW end-of-travel switch.  In thinking about it some more, I wonder if the lever arm is loose vertically such that the tang is pushing it up (as well as laterally) and wedging up under the lever arm and against the drive pinon gear, so the ring gear can't back out when the motor is reversed.  I'll have to check when I get home from work tonight...


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From: Wayne Kline <w3ea at hotmail.com>
To: Kevin Balmforth <n6er at yahoo.com>; "towertalk at contesting.com" <towertalk at contesting.com> 
Sent: Thursday, January 9, 2014 7:10 AM
Subject: RE: [TowerTalk] HAM IV won't reverse direction after reachind end of travel stop



Kevin
    Tow thing   you said " it binds up mechanically " ? but if you  OPEN  up the Limit switch it works.
 
The    TANG protruding inside the ring gear is the mechanical lever to open the limit switch, in it's Stop binding condition, is the tang engaged in the CW Stop switch ( it should be open and the CCW switch should be   closed ? )
 
Wayne W3EA 
 
 
 

> Date: Thu, 9 Jan 2014 06:24:18 -0800
> From: n6er at yahoo.com
> To: towertalk at contesting.com
> Subject: [TowerTalk] HAM IV won't reverse direction after reachind end of travel stop
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> I have an old Ham IV rotator that binds up mechanically and won't reverse direction after stopping at the CW stop. No problem at the CCW stop. No problem if the ring gear is pulled and I manually open the stop switches. Any ideas?
> 
> 73 - Kevin N6ER
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