Re: Tech Star Wars Help

Here's my photo album of the complete ram controls kit being installed. It
shows comparison photos of all the parts.

http://picasaweb.google.com/Talon.K/YokeRebuild?feat=directlink

On Fri, Sep 18, 2009 at 7:25 PM, William Boucher <boucher@mnsi.net> wrote:

> RamControls parts are great but somewhat expensive. There are cheaper
> gears available that will work. I'm just presenting this as an option guys,
> so don't kill me.
>
> Read this thread, maybe some useful info in there... (wysiwyg is me)...
> http://www.cgcc.ca/forum/viewtopic.php?t=16947
>
> I have grabbed some info from the above thread and copied it below...
>
> On the following sheet, the part number is "A 1T 2-Y24014" and the cost is
> $4.50 ea or down to $3 each at 25 pieces.
> https://sdp-si.com/ss/PDF/79001129.PDF
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> This one is plastic, no brass center, so would be easy to drill out to 1/4"
> bore. Cost $2 each or down to $1.25 at 25 pieces.
> "A 1M 2-Y24014"
> https://sdp-si.com/ss/PDF/79001130.pdf
> This gear is available online directly from "Stock Drive Products" here:
> http://www.sdp-si.com/
>
> Here's an actual Star Wars yoke application...
>
> Original gear with split plastic between two teeth
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> New gear as purchased with 1/8" center hole sitting left of original gear
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> New gear drilled to 1/4" center hole and tapped for set screw
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> New gear installed:
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> Enjoy!
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>
> William Boucher
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> *From:* Frank Zapotoczny <fzzap@aol.com>
> *To:* vectorlist@vectorlist.org
> *Sent:* Friday, September 18, 2009 12:16 PM
> *Subject:* RE: VECTOR: Tech Star Wars Help
>
> One more question Guys,
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> Is there a source or replacement for the gear that goes on the Pot for the
> up and down movement. (small gear).
>
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> *From:* owner-vectorlist@vectorlist.org [mailto:
> owner-vectorlist@vectorlist.org] *On Behalf Of *Douglas Gauck
> *Sent:* Friday, September 18, 2009 9:16 AM
> *To:* vectorlist@vectorlist.org
> *Subject:* Re: VECTOR: Tech Star Wars Help
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> Sounds like a thermally induced problem. Seat of my pants says the little
> potentiometers, or a connection issue. Or maybe the big blue cap on the
> power supply? I know the pots and cap are on my list of perishable parts
> I've neglected to replace.
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>
> -DrG
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> On Sep 18, 2009, at 8:40 AM, Frank Zapotoczny wrote:
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> Kind of both directions up and down and left and right. I recapped the
> boards a long time ago and I was going to try that to start along with
> resoldering the connectors. I will try to get a video today. But it did’t
> look like the vector lines were moving but that the whole picture was
> jumping.
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> *From:* owner-vectorlist@vectorlist.org [
> mailto:owner-vectorlist@vectorlist.org <owner-vectorlist@vectorlist.org>]
> *On Behalf Of *Andre Huijts
> *Sent:* Friday, September 18, 2009 1:36 AM
> *To:* vectorlist@vectorlist.org
> *Subject:* Re: VECTOR: Tech Star Wars Help
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> A video would sure help. Could you describe how it jumps
> (left-right/up-down or other way)?
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> Op 18 sep 2009, om 03:50 heeft Frank Zapotoczny het volgende geschreven:
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> I have a Star Wars upright with a Amplifone monitor. It has a wintron HV
> installed and had worked great for many years. It has been sitting for a
> about a year without being played.
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> I turned it on to play a few games and the picture came up and looked
> great but after a few seconds the picture began jumping around and getting
> shaky. After about 5-10 minutes it stopped moving around and looked great
> again. Then after a few more minutes it started jumping around again.
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> Can you guys give me a suggestion on where to start looking.
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> Thanks in advance for any help/
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> Frank
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> André Huijts
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> andre.huijts@upcmail.nl
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