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<blockquote data-quote="jeallen01" data-source="post: 1075878" data-attributes="member: 176704"><p>Parts for the hopefully "partial solution" arrived this morning.</p><p></p><p>The concept was to "beef up" the existing clamps that hold the motor bracket to the pole, and thus to stop them distorting any further with the largish dish. I'm now only half-way through the job, but I think the following should give you an idea of what I'm doing as something similar may of use to others.</p><p></p><p>Firstly I bought 4x of these <a href="https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/302439272880" target="_blank">"Roof Box Square U Bolts" and</a> the size type chosen the "UBS 120A" which is 120mm wide with the threaded sections 60mm - the idea being (as you will see) that these should reach right across the width of the existing clamps and have threaded portions just long enough to reach across the height of those clamps.</p><p></p><p>They came with flat plates and nuts (although not nylocs in this case!) but I needed 4 "sets" to create 2 auxilliary clamps because each of those uses 2 of the plates. I then modded the plates to fit around the curve of the pole - a long job with the bench grinder as I have a very limited selection of workshop tools!</p><p></p><p>First attempt at trying to fit the 1st auxilliary clamp was unsuccessful as it kept slipping off the original clamp because the lower plate swivelled - so I added some large nuts to keep the plate level and then locked it in place with a few washers and another nut on each leg.</p><p></p><p>Was then able to get that to locate fairly firmly over the original clamp - it won't completely prevent the latter from distorting further but should hopefully make it less likely! Only done the top original clamp ATM - work on the lower one will follow in a few days.</p><p></p><p>Ideally this sort of work should have been done at the time of 1st installation of the motor on the pole as then the auxilliary clamps would have fitted more snuggly against the original ones and hopefully prevented/reduced the distortion that has already occurred.</p><p></p><p>Oh and YES, I'm <em>quite</em> sure that the more mechanically able members with decent workshop facilities could do far better than my amateurish first attempt - and this might give them an incentive to do just that! <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><p></p><p>PS: A good improvement would probably be to drill a small hole right through the centre of the top plate, the original clamp and the lower plate and put a bolt through that to keep all three parts locked together, instead of the plates themselves tending to bow (as they have).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="jeallen01, post: 1075878, member: 176704"] Parts for the hopefully "partial solution" arrived this morning. The concept was to "beef up" the existing clamps that hold the motor bracket to the pole, and thus to stop them distorting any further with the largish dish. I'm now only half-way through the job, but I think the following should give you an idea of what I'm doing as something similar may of use to others. Firstly I bought 4x of these [URL='https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/302439272880']"Roof Box Square U Bolts" and[/URL] the size type chosen the "UBS 120A" which is 120mm wide with the threaded sections 60mm - the idea being (as you will see) that these should reach right across the width of the existing clamps and have threaded portions just long enough to reach across the height of those clamps. They came with flat plates and nuts (although not nylocs in this case!) but I needed 4 "sets" to create 2 auxilliary clamps because each of those uses 2 of the plates. I then modded the plates to fit around the curve of the pole - a long job with the bench grinder as I have a very limited selection of workshop tools! First attempt at trying to fit the 1st auxilliary clamp was unsuccessful as it kept slipping off the original clamp because the lower plate swivelled - so I added some large nuts to keep the plate level and then locked it in place with a few washers and another nut on each leg. Was then able to get that to locate fairly firmly over the original clamp - it won't completely prevent the latter from distorting further but should hopefully make it less likely! Only done the top original clamp ATM - work on the lower one will follow in a few days. Ideally this sort of work should have been done at the time of 1st installation of the motor on the pole as then the auxilliary clamps would have fitted more snuggly against the original ones and hopefully prevented/reduced the distortion that has already occurred. Oh and YES, I'm [I]quite[/I] sure that the more mechanically able members with decent workshop facilities could do far better than my amateurish first attempt - and this might give them an incentive to do just that! :D PS: A good improvement would probably be to drill a small hole right through the centre of the top plate, the original clamp and the lower plate and put a bolt through that to keep all three parts locked together, instead of the plates themselves tending to bow (as they have). [/QUOTE]
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