Re: DEC stalls on new mount
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Linda, I think you are right...the instant stall means the worm is probably too tight against the ring gear.?? Try Brian's idea of swapping the cables first...? if that doesn't change the problem... Videos are nice, but as this GM811 mount has just been released I didn't see a video dedicated to it's new design.? Look for any video on the GM8 or G11 worm adjustment.? You will recognize the mounting bolts and how to do the adjustment.? In words.... The adjustment bolts for the worm to ring gear spacing are two very large silvery stainless steel bolts, just under the worm gear housing.? Facing the front of the mount, the left bolt, hidden under the motor+gearbox on the GM811, acts as a pivot point.? You may have to slightly loosen that to allow the worm mount bracket to pivot.? The bolt on the right side allows you to actually rotate the worm away from the ring gear by swinging that point outward using the left bolt pivot point..?? If you don't already have them, you'll need some tools for that.? For the stainless holding bolts, you will need the right size hex key wrench.? Because the mount uses a range of US sized bolts, I find best to get a full set of US sized "Allen" Hex key wrenches... hardware stores sell nice sets of these from like 0.050 inch up in a plastic slip holder.? ?The wrenches with a rounded tip on the long end help access at an angle.?? The second tool you need is a set of car spark plug feeler gauges...flat metal pieces of different thickness printed on them.? (The "step-type" feeler gauges can help, but just flat ones will work too.)? Those calibrated thin metal gauges give you?a calibrated way to get just the right spacing so the worm can move, yet eliminate any extra ring gear rotational slop....its a tradeoff you have to try. (You can add the gauge strips back to back if needed to measure larger spacings.) After measuring the existing (too tight, stalled) spacing with feeler gauges, you will loosen the right underneath bolt slightly and move the worm toward the front, away from the ring gear.? Place a slightly thicker feeler gauge in place of the one that measured too tight, and tighten the bolts again.? Try your DEC motor again and see if you still get Stall or Lag warnings.? You must try some spacings and see which is the smallest one that gets rid of the Stall and possible Lag warnings.?? That's it.? You can make your own video and get famous on YouTube. Michael? On Dec 1, 2017 2:39 AM, "Linda Thomas-Fowler linda@... [Losmandy_users]" <Losmandy_users@yahoogroups.
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Michael Herman