Bitten off more than I chew
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Yep. Skew is at 0 degrees when the motor is at complete zero.
Getting 97% SNR on Al Jazeera HD on 19.2e, and over 90% on other channels including the Sky Sport DE ones.
Do yourself a favour mate replace those motor elevation bracket washers with 25mm M8 repair/penny washers dish to motor tube washers too. Screwfix or ebay will have them.UPDATE:
I've gone back to the Dark Motor after doing a bit of modification to the brackets with an angle grinder, so the nuts no longer get jammed:
However, no matter which dish I use, I've now completely lost Astra Services 1–5 on both the VU+ Uno 4K SE and the Viark Sat 4K.
I've tried the 80cm dish with the Technomate LNB, and I've also put the 1m dish back on, but I can't seem to tune those services in anymore.
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The strange thing is that my arc is pretty much solid all the way from 15°W to 42°E, so I'm not sure why or how this has happened.
I'll probably wait until the NFL season starts before worrying about it too much, but it does seem really odd that they've suddenly disappeared when everything else across the arc is working normally.
Basically doing so increases the clamping forces and reduces the risk of the wind taking the whole setup out of alignments during storms.
Pet hate of mine seeing washers like that used.
You can still put a 25mm washer under there, and im also refering to the washers on the four bolts on the bracket you had the angle grinder on.
Gonna be a right div here,but could you point out exactly when you're referring to please? I'm proper confused 😕
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manic01
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If its m8 then m8 flat washer
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pabloescaban
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Toolstation are your best bet, ten packs for a quid, screwfix only do 50 - 100 packs
F&F Penny Washer
Cheers @manic01 @pabloescaban
So put one of these between the 4 nuts on the motor clamps, the 4 nuts on the satellite clamp?
Anywhere else?
So put one of these between the 4 nuts on the motor clamps, the 4 nuts on the satellite clamp?
Anywhere else?
Remove one bolt or nut at a time then the alignment should not move, place the washer under the nut or bolt and tighten.
Dish to motor stubb, motor elevation bracket and motor to mounting pole.
I think I'll rip it all apart tomorrow morning and start from scratch anyway.
pabloescaban
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You said in post #24 that the washers are built into the nuts?
Just put a washer on every possible point, it adds strength and stability in case of strong gales etc
Cheers. I didn't put them on the motor itself as the washers were too big and blocking the latitude scale readings. But I've put four on the back of the motor between each nut and the clamp
What i do is set the latitude with small washers then replace one at a time. It wont move. You could even cut a flat on the larger washer to still see the motor alignment mark.
Since you have weakened that mount by taking an angle grinder to it the bigger washers will add support.
And yes remove the old washers.
Cheers.
Btw I put everything back together (except new washers on the motor nuts where it says latitude) and I still can't bloody get those Astra services.
Might just change the washers on the motor like you said, and cut my losses on this one
Yeah that's a fair point, good shout.
Btw I put everything back together (except new washers on the motor nuts where it says latitude) and I still can't bloody get those Astra services.
Might just change the washers on the motor like you said, and cut my losses on this one