[PSUBS-MAILIST] Wheels.

Tue Jul 15 10:02:11 EDT 2014

Same thing happened to me with the port forward thruster on the K600.  
See picture here...
http://www.subdb.info/database/vessels//1320788990/photos/1331771748/640/1323717221.jpg

The motor was rotating fine when I picked up the submarine, and for 
weeks afterwards.  When I started stripping the sub I discovered it had 
frozen in place.  I could only turn it about 1/8 turn back and forth 
using a crowbar.  I had to pound it out from inside the sub using a 
sledge hammer and even that took a couple of hours.  In my case, I am 
not reusing the original motors and will be sealing the thru-hull so the 
score marks don't matter.

How much weight are each of those wheels rated for?

Jon

On 7/15/2014 6:10 AM, James Frankland via Personal_Submersibles wrote:
> Hi All,
> Had an irritating problem at the weekend.  I was just modifying the 
> side thruster bumpers so I can spin the motors all the way around.  I 
> turned one of the motors and it jammed solid in the through hull.  I 
> ended up having to thump it out which scratched all the inside of the 
> bore.  Spent the rest of the weekend polishing it up and putting it 
> back together.  Its fixed now but I don't know why it jammed.  I think 
> its probably just such a tight fit, the slightest little scratch or 
> nick inside just jammed it solid.
> Anyway, I thought id share a pic of my new wheels, which I didn't have 
> time to fit due to the motor problem.  Will fit and test next 
> weekend.  Not sure if they are going to work.
>
> Kind Regards
> James
>

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