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The rotor was then free but still had a little resistance. What had happened was the grease in the rotor had got in there and hardened causing the rotor to cease.
Further inspection of the gears more closely didn’t really reveal anything until Dad decided to stick a screwdriver up against the main gear off of the motor and push on it a little. Once connected we verified the brake solenoid worked fine and it appeared that the rotor was trying to turn. We were not able to find any obvious problems with the stop contacts or any of the gears so we wired it up to the controller. We opened it up and did a visual inspection. The next one we decided to work on was the one that stopped turning that we were last using on the rover. We then were able to put the top bell housing right down on top of the housing with easy and without pushing the potentiometer to the left or right. We did this after a few attempts and then figured it out. We then noticed that if you place the rotor so that the potentiometers brush points in the middle between the bottom housings screw holes then it would all line up. Then we turned the potentiometer just slightly off of its left stop. We quickly identified that in order to put the rotor back together properly that we first had to turn the rotor to the left North stop. We finally got back to looking at the rotors.
After several attempts and the day getting long we decided to abandon it for another day.įast forward to June 6th. Then when we went to reassemble the bell housing we could not get everything to line up properly so that the brush on the potentiometer would set properly in the bell housing and would turn when the rotor turned. The other controllers we had, one which had taken a lightning strike and the other that was just spare parts left were left alone for now.įirst we opened up the rotor which would turn and were able to easily locate and replace the ball bearings. The third controller just needed a new light bulb as well.
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With a little crafty rewiring to put the bulbs in series and we were done.
The bulbs we ordered were 12 volts yet the bulbs installed in this controller design used the 24v that was used for the rotor. The capacitor was easy to replace but the light bulbs were a small problem. The second controller we had needed some new bulbs and the start/run capacitor was bad. We found out of 4 1/2 controllers, that the controller we were using in the rover was fine with the exception of needing a new light bulb. We were able to find out of 4 rotors we had one that actually turned and the only problem it had was that had some ball bearings that had come lose and were bouncing around inside the rotor. Some new start/run capacitors and light bulbs were ordered in anticipation of being needed.įast forward a long long time and sometime in March we started actually looking at the problem. After several attempts and some troubleshooting it was determined that there was something wrong with the rotor or the controller and it would need to be worked on. I went and raised the antennas and when I went to turn the rotor it failed to turn. After completing the September 2009 VHF contest with only minor damages to the RV and some engine issues developing, I attempted to participate in the 2 meter fall sprint.
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