Mounting Pole Indentation

[phoenix94]

I was fooling around with my dish yesterday and found I could get better signals by a small rotation of the dish, maybe a 1/16 of an inch. Trouble is when I tighten, the bolts want to go right back into their original indentations and I lose my gains.

Anybody got a simple fix short of loosening the mount, rotating the pole, and doing a whole re-tune?

 

[Mike500]

Only solution is to drill and tap new holes on the collar, put in new bolts and tighten. Finally tighten the old ones.

 

[colbec]

On my Channel Master 10 footers the cap on the top of the pole is actually separate from the mount which attaches to the cap with 4 bolts that pass through slots rather than holes - this allows for limited lateral movement after the cap has been locked down. Does the Unimesh have a similar arrangement?

 

[Covack]

I would try some shims, if there is ay slack with the cap

 

[Mike500]

Or, you can place it into alignment, drill a 1/4 inch hole through the collar and the pole, and then drive in a hardened roll pin, before tightening the lock bolts,

 

[Hermitman]

Take out one bolt. Using a file or grinder, put a slight taper on the threaded end of the bolt. Re-install bolt and do same to other. Have fun.

 

[phoenix94]

Thanks for the replies guys. I'll probably have to do something different at some point, but for now I've pinned it. Well worth the effort though as I now get good signals on stuff at G10R that was only marginal at best before.