Re: G11 Drive Gear Removal
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There are bolts (I think 2 on the G11 tucked motor system) that hold the vertical plate; that plate holds the gears and gearbox.? ? If you remove the bolts that hold the plate on, then you can take the gear system and gearbox and motor assembly all to your workbench and inspect what's going on.? You will see the Oldham coupler lies beneath the inner transfer gear hub.? So the inner gear rotates the hub that turns the Oldham coupler, and that turns the worm.?? On the bigger G11T RA (Titan drive RA) system there are 3 or 4 bolts that hold the gear plate to the large stainless steel RA worm enclosure end.? The G11T has on its DEC system the same G11 type drive as on the DEC and RA of the G11.?? Here are some photos of my G11T DEC section under inspection.? This has a tucked, not spring loaded, gear train.? I've been reading on the Sterling Instruments Standard Products website about gears with straight cut teeth.? They recommend some backlash...but not too much backlash.? That's the trick! Here is a web page with lots of info on gears.? It talks of lubricants, gear tooth edges, worm position etc.?? Have fun, Michael On Fri, Feb 26, 2021, 10:37 AM Jim Waters <jimwaters@...> wrote: John |
Michael Herman