[TowerTalk] Yaesu mast clamps

[Grant Saviers]

I've had a 4L Steppir plus a couple of VHF antennas on a 2800 for 4 
years w/o problems and no thru/shear bolt.  One thing I learned a long 
time ago was to torque structural bolts with an alternating and repeat 
pattern with a torque wrench to spec (probably about 15 ft-lbs for the 
8mm 2800 bolts, there is no spec in my manual).  Then wait a couple of 
days and then tighten to torque spec again. Clamping loosens as the 
materials relax or yield a bit as the stress redistributes.   A $20 HF 
3/8" click torque wrench is cheap insurance if you don't have one.

Grant KZ1W

On 5/18/2017 15:07 PM, David Robbins wrote:
> What about them?  they work just fine for me.  in the beginning on the
> g-1000/2700/2800 series they had problems with clamps breaking, they were
> replaced free of charge.
>
> David Robbins K1TTT
> e-mail: mailto:k1ttt at arrl.net
> web: http://wiki.k1ttt.net
> AR-Cluster node: 145.69MHz or telnet://k1ttt.net:7373
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: TowerTalk [mailto:towertalk-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Roger
> D Johnson
> Sent: Thursday, May 18, 2017 20:33
> To: towertalk at contesting.com
> Subject: [TowerTalk] Yaesu mast clamps
>
>
> Does anyone have a good solution to the cast aluminum mast clamps used on
> the G-1000 rotor.
>
> 73, Roger
>
> _______________________________________________
>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> TowerTalk mailing list
> TowerTalk at contesting.com
> http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/towertalk
>
> _______________________________________________
>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> TowerTalk mailing list
> TowerTalk at contesting.com
> http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/towertalk
>