Satfan2007
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- My Satellite Setup
- TM Twin 4K, Fibo 1.2M Motorised
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- UK
Have come back to this site after a while - just thought I would share my experience with a seized 1.2M Fibo dish. This was left on one Sat for quite a while, and when I recently went to move it to another Sat, it would not move at all ! I suspected the motor or nylon cog, but after taking off the dish and removing the motor - with difficulty, when the hemispherical part is still on the bearing, I discovered that the bearing itself was totally seized up. Almost as if it was welded together !
I took a mallet to it and after several minutes bashing it, it gradually came loose and then I could finally separate the hemi train from the bearing. The white lube had totally dried up ! After cleaning and re- lube-ing with grease, I fitted a new motor which I had bought a while back and connected everything back together again. The old motor and nylon cog are still fine, but now the dish moves easily with it's 36 Volts applied !
Hope this info is useful for some.
(Now to find a Hi Def replacement for my Echostar DVR 7000 which has served me well for several years. Why don't they fit 36V supplies these days that will drive this dish ? I need to get up to speed on this, I guess.
Any thoughts ?)
I took a mallet to it and after several minutes bashing it, it gradually came loose and then I could finally separate the hemi train from the bearing. The white lube had totally dried up ! After cleaning and re- lube-ing with grease, I fitted a new motor which I had bought a while back and connected everything back together again. The old motor and nylon cog are still fine, but now the dish moves easily with it's 36 Volts applied !
Hope this info is useful for some.
(Now to find a Hi Def replacement for my Echostar DVR 7000 which has served me well for several years. Why don't they fit 36V supplies these days that will drive this dish ? I need to get up to speed on this, I guess.
Any thoughts ?)