Re: Alpha One Gimbal Ring Symptoms for Replacement
wewefirex2x,
The play in mine, was to the right and very little to the left. Your problem is sounding more and more like mine. I also tried to tighten mine using a 3 foot breaker bar, with no luck. It is very difficult to put leverage on the breaker bar and hold a wrench on the nut in the back. It was a combination of the heat from the tourch, and the force of the impact wrench that did the trick.
When you tried to tourqe them, did the bolts tighten up? If the bolts do not tighten, they will not pinch the gimbal ring down and you will still have play. When you look at the gimbal ring do you have a gap, on either side of the ring wear the bolt runs thru? Mine was about 3/8 of and inch on the right side, it tighten down to about 1/4 inch.
QC,
I am glad your bolts are a single u-bolt but on my Alpha One, they are two bolts, 3/8"x3 1/2" bolts.
Not knowing the Bravo unit, just a question, Are the nuts in the front of the drive or the back? If the nuts are in the front, it sure would make it a lot easier!!!
The Alpha drive the nuts are in the back and you have to be a magician, to get a wrench in the back to hold the nuts while you tighten the bolt. It is even tougher to get the nut back in there for the new bolt. But with all the trouble to get the bolt to turn, there was no way I was going to leave the old ones in.
Haut, the old nuts did not get lost, because we had a wrench on them. In fact the bolts themselves had to be pulled out with vicegrips. Having a wrench on the nuts was the only way to undo the bolts.
