Dark Motor for my 95 cm dish

[bmitie]

I think he said he was getting 50% should be ninety. And I have installed a few. But I was only trying to help. Trust me that rig is off.

 

[Ferret.]

I think he said he was getting 50% should be ninety. And I have installed a few. But I was only trying to help. Trust me that rig is off.

You could be right bud, camera angles make it difficult to tell.

 

[Jester1]

Looks to me that the clamps on the motor have been overtightened. You can see the bends in them, this will have deformed the other bracket on the motor side and could be causing your alignment issues.

 

[carmine]

Looks to me like the bracket on the pole is not square. But that could just be the way you took the picture 😆

I will go on the garage roof and take photos of it see if that helps
will move to 0.8 west before hand

 

[carmine]

Looks to me that the clamps on the motor have been overtightened. You can see the bends in them, this will have deformed the other bracket on the motor side and could be causing your alignment issues.

I haven't tighened them anymore from when I was getting 60-65%

 

[carmine]

Looks to me that the clamps on the motor have been overtightened. You can see the bends in them, this will have deformed the other bracket on the motor side and could be causing your alignment issues.

yes I can see that
does that mean I have to get new clamps now as well ?

 

[bmitie]

Just a hint if you are going to take a pic of rig from roof move motor to 0 = dead straight if it is dead straight = 3 red dots.

 

[Jester1]

yes I can see that
does that mean I have to get new clamps now as well ?

It definitely looks like the motor is tipped forwards. An inclinometer app on your phone will give you conformation and it might be that you just need to adjust the motor elevation to compensate.

 

[carmine]

Just a hint if you are going to take a pic of rig from roof move motor to 0 = dead straight if it is dead straight = 3 red dots.

Okay here as promised extra photos dish pointing at 0

 

[Ferret.]

If the motor is at zero then in the third picture the dish on the motor stub looks to be pointing slightly west.

There should be a centre line on the motor stub to align your dish bracket centrally to it.

As i have said before it is difficult to tell with pics of dish setups.

It's something you can check though

 

[waqy]

Repeating what Ferret said, there needs to be a straight line from the dish, to the motor, all the way to the pole.

Also, there should be a line/mark on the base of the motor pole; that should line up with the middle of the dish bracket too.

Obviously, my crudely drawn line on MS Paint won't be exact 100% straight, but its just to give you an idea.

 

[manic01]

2 issues I can see without looking further
Over tightened and misaligned brackets

 

[carmine]

Repeating what Ferret said, there needs to be a straight line from the dish, to the motor, all the way to the pole.

Also, there should be a line/mark on the base of the motor pole; that should line up with the middle of the dish bracket too.

Obviously, my crudely drawn line on MS Paint won't be exact 100% straight, but its just to give you an idea.

Sorry late replying to you all I have been working away from home so thought I would reply to all you great replies.

Yes I see what you mean will have to try and get it dead centre

 

[carmine]

2 issues I can see without looking further
Over tightened and misaligned brackets

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Yes your right -

The first photo on here you circled well that when im up on ladder and motor moves I noticed where you circled how ever tight its been tightened there is alot of movement there through wear and tear unable to fix this prob without getting a new dish I suppose unless any one on this great forum has a possible cheap fix ?

and second photo you circled yes its been tighened too much but if brakets are bent slightly can it still be fixed ??

 

[carmine]

If the motor is at zero then in the third picture the dish on the motor stub looks to be pointing slightly west.

There should be a centre line on the motor stub to align your dish bracket centrally to it.

As i have said before it is difficult to tell with pics of dish setups.

It's something you can check though

yes I will and need to before the poor weather starts in autumn and winter