Von Weise Help

[sichejo]

I have a Von Weise 24" actuator that is badly rusted. Does anyone have disassembly instructions/pictures that help me bring it back to life?

 

[starman345]

Gabshere has a nice explaination and pictures on actuators, have a look here:
http://www.satelliteguys.us/c-band-...136225-these-2-actuators-best-12-ft-dish.html

 

[gabshere]

after i cleaned mine up ( of rust ) it rusted up again
if i read correctly it was coated with a special coating , Zinc i think so once you clean it , it will probably rust up again .... unless you paint it with something ( haven't found anything yet) but looking toward something like brass lacquer or staybryte type of spray on paint.

one thing that needs grease is the acme nut/bushing thats inside the arm shaft. so once its apart.... grease it up good.

 

[matlock10]

how to wire actuator

My dogs pulled the power off my actuator. can anyone tell me how I can reconnect the 4 or 5 wires??? its a von weise model v76-5??

 

[gabshere]

on a model v76-5
ok the block starting from the magnet wheel

little green , little orange , big white , big red

the big white , big red can be reversed and it will go in the other direction
so if big white , big red get you west when you press the east button then reversing them will get east when you press east button.


hope this helps

 

[matlock10]

thank you so much, I'll give it a go and let you know