When my friend installed the dish he tapped the drive's barrel and added grease fitting on one end and vent plug at the other. Every year when paying my annual satellite subscription I schedule to regrease the screw. No problems in 14 years.
----- Original Message ----- From: Felix Miata To: [email protected] Sent: Tuesday, March 13, 2007 9:52 AM Subject: Re: [TVRO] Dish Movers On 2007/03/13 07:13 (GMT-0600) David Voeltz apparently typed: > I have a spare heavy duty 18" you can have for $20 plus > shipping. Its a Thompson Saginal. I still have the original one I > bought and its going strong at 15 years of age. Anyone who has a spare Saginaw ought to keep it as a spare. No electric motor lasts forever. My Saginaw's brushes wore down to the nubs at about 15 years. Outboard motor power tilt brushes came to my Saginaw's rescue in spite of heavily worn armature. As a consequence of that wear, I wouldn't expect the replacements to last anywhere near as long. -- "For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him." John 3:17 NIV Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 ** C/Ku since 1986 Felix Miata *** http://mrmazda.no-ip.com/ __________ NOD32 2112 (20070313) Information __________ This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. http://www.eset.com [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
