- 1. [TowerTalk] Thrust bearing versus rotator pin bolt (score: 1)
- Author: Tom Singleton <tom@monroecpa.com>
- Date: Wed, 06 May 2009 17:55:27 -0700
- Hi all, My Yaesu rotator (DXA1000) specifies that the mast be pinned 50mm above the base. I am also using a yaesu GS-65 thrust bearing. The retaining plates that they have with this rotor are very ni
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2009-05/msg00113.html (7,447 bytes)
- 2. Re: [TowerTalk] Thrust bearing versus rotator pin bolt (score: 1)
- Author: "Mike" <noddy1211@sbcglobal.net>
- Date: Wed, 6 May 2009 18:15:29 -0700
- Pin the Mast, ask my friend K6MCL across town about not following the instructions :-) Actually I was the guy that really suffered as I had to climb up the tower and hang of the side and use a transf
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2009-05/msg00114.html (9,335 bytes)
- 3. Re: [TowerTalk] Thrust bearing versus rotator pin bolt (score: 1)
- Author: Adam Shirley WJ4X <wj4x@amsat.org>
- Date: Wed, 06 May 2009 21:24:41 -0400
- When you tighten the unladen mast in the bearing it is unstressed, then when you load it with antennas, the thrust bearing comes into play. What you're trying to do there doesn't make sense. You don'
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2009-05/msg00115.html (8,888 bytes)
- 4. Re: [TowerTalk] Thrust bearing versus rotator pin bolt (score: 1)
- Author: "Roger (K8RI)" <K8RI-on-TowerTalk@tm.net>
- Date: Thu, 07 May 2009 00:02:35 -0400
- Using a thrust bearing to support the load when the mast is rigidly installed in the rotator isn't just a poor idea it's a bad idea. The farther apart the thrust bearing and rotator the worse it gets
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2009-05/msg00118.html (11,231 bytes)
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