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DISH SETUP: Single sat, Multi-Sat & Motorised
Fibo Owners Club
How (and with what) to lubricate motor etc
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<blockquote data-quote="johnsattuk" data-source="post: 459809" data-attributes="member: 183150"><p>The motor usually comes of quite easily, remove 4 x 8mm a/f set screws and it falls into your hand. But be aware that as soon as you take the motor off the dish is free to swing about and knock you off your ladder and/or put a dinge in the dish face when it hits the mount. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite14" alt=":-doh" title="DOH! :-doh" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":-doh" />2</p><p></p><p>If the pinion is tight in the hole, which serves as a bearing for it, it can somtimes be a bit difficult to remove and in some cases the motor will extract but leave the pinion in the mount, which can then be awkward to remove without dismantling the mount. :mad:</p><p></p><p>Because of these possibilites I prefer to remove the dish/mount assembly complete and do all the fiddling at floor level. The complete ass. unhooks off the wall mount quite easily, after undoing and removing the long bolt and loosening the bottom part of the clamp. </p><p></p><p>So that I can put it back in the south facing position, I set the dish azimuth to 0deg and measure from the wall to the dish before starting, I can then reverse the procedure when I hang it back up. I also carefully mark/note the inclination angle and the position of the dish on it's scale. It is generally much easier to remove the pivot shaft, held in position with a dowel pin, with the dish face unbolted from the mount. The inclination adjustment for the motor does not normally need to be disturbed.</p><p></p><p>If you dismantle the motor to lubricate it, it is likely that the pinion will not be in exactly the same position. You can temp. fit the motor without the cover on and spin the gears with your finger to get back to zero, refit the cover and motor in position. Or depending on your control system it may be poss. to resync the positions, the V-Box for instance lets you do this. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big Grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="johnsattuk, post: 459809, member: 183150"] The motor usually comes of quite easily, remove 4 x 8mm a/f set screws and it falls into your hand. But be aware that as soon as you take the motor off the dish is free to swing about and knock you off your ladder and/or put a dinge in the dish face when it hits the mount. :-DOH2 If the pinion is tight in the hole, which serves as a bearing for it, it can somtimes be a bit difficult to remove and in some cases the motor will extract but leave the pinion in the mount, which can then be awkward to remove without dismantling the mount. :mad: Because of these possibilites I prefer to remove the dish/mount assembly complete and do all the fiddling at floor level. The complete ass. unhooks off the wall mount quite easily, after undoing and removing the long bolt and loosening the bottom part of the clamp. So that I can put it back in the south facing position, I set the dish azimuth to 0deg and measure from the wall to the dish before starting, I can then reverse the procedure when I hang it back up. I also carefully mark/note the inclination angle and the position of the dish on it's scale. It is generally much easier to remove the pivot shaft, held in position with a dowel pin, with the dish face unbolted from the mount. The inclination adjustment for the motor does not normally need to be disturbed. If you dismantle the motor to lubricate it, it is likely that the pinion will not be in exactly the same position. You can temp. fit the motor without the cover on and spin the gears with your finger to get back to zero, refit the cover and motor in position. Or depending on your control system it may be poss. to resync the positions, the V-Box for instance lets you do this. :D [/QUOTE]
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