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Brilliant! That was it!

--- In xpantastic@..., Omar wrote:
>
> Lets make sure you are doing the right thing.
> When I say "cap", I am referring to the small little cap on the very top of
> the plastic encoder. Not the entire encoder itself. It looks like its one
> whole piece, but the very top of each encoder is a small "cap" that fits on
> the shaft of the encoder. It's this cap that you remove per the info I gave
> below.
>
> Once you remove the small cap at the top, then it will expose a screw
> inside the casing of the shaft that you can losen. Once loosened up, it
> will allow you to remove the entire plastic encoder casing.
>
> -o
>
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>
> On Saturday, March 23, 2013, orangefunk wrote:
>
> > **
> >
> >
> > Many thanks! I will give it a try... I tried with a penknife but I
> > honestly felt like I would break the unit if I applied anymore pressure.
> >
> > --- In xpantastic@... > > 'xpantastic%');>, Omar wrote:
> > >
> > > I recently replaced the encoders on my Xpander and it was not that
> > > difficult to get the caps off the encoders. they should come up with a
> > > slight amount of pressure. The tricky part is that they are fitted very
> > > tight with very little "space" between the cap and the rim of the encoder
> > > shaft (at least mine were fitted very tight. It may vary from unit to
> > > unit). I had to use an exacto-blade and carefully work it underneath the
> > > cap edge as to not damage the encoder or the cap itself. Once I got the
> > > blade under the edge, I only had to apply a small bit off pressure to
> > lift
> > > them off.
> > >
> > > Also make sure you use the right desoldering technique when replacing the
> > > actual encoders. The old solder on my Xpander was difficult to get off
> > on a
> > > couple of the encoders, and eventually I had to clip a couple of them
> > which
> > > made it diificult to get the new ones to get a solid connection. I
> > > eventually got a stable solder down. Long and tedious work though.
> > >
> > > good luck. Its worth it in the end. I love the feel of new encoders on
> > the
> > > Xpander. They are still detented, but nowhere near as loud and "clicky"
> > as
> > > the originals were. Much smoother and quiter operation. And they turn
> > much
> > > faster while still giving pecise movement when slowed down.
> > >
> > >
> > > On Saturday, March 23, 2013, orangefunk wrote:
> > >
> > > > **
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Thinking of replacing the encoders at some point as one of them is out
> > and
> > > > another is intermittent. I have the excellent Xplorer software but
> > > > functions like pan position aren't possible from it.
> > > >
> > > > But I am having some concern about how to remove the caps from the
> > current
> > > > encoders. The ones on my Matrix 12 feel like they are glued on and
> > won't
> > > > budge a millimetre. How are they fastened? Should they come off easily?
> > > >
> > > > Best regards
> > > >
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