Originally Posted by
Lincs Winks Wayne
Jeff:
Unfortunately I see two problems that seem to prevent both methods from working.(Both are visible in step 33)
1/ --The ball and cap connection for the elevation motor.
2/-- The spring for the elevation ass'y.
Both of the above are not really accessible to reattach from the underside of the turret once you have the assembly back in the turret
I also wonder if after cutting the nose off if the recoil ass'y will actually pass through.
Yes I am pretty negative but I have been looking at it for a month and I suspect I will fail in the reattachment process .
I continue to look at the slider ass'y and why it move smoothly for 2/3 of its travel and stops. I can not see any obvious twists or bends. Since I now have a new motor and wiring it would great if I could make the existing ass'y work. ( Wishfull thinking EH ! )
I am still investing time in attempting the seemingly easier method. I am sliding the travel ass'y back and forth attempting to make it do 100% of the travel distance.
I have increased the distance to about 90 % ( At this point I am having some success so I will continue to try this for a time )
Thank You for your tme and effort, if you think of anything else I would be glad to hear.
Thank You
Wayne
Jeff and All:
I won, I have it back together and it works.
Unfortunately I could have fixed it without buying recoil system. (Oh well EH !!)
Quite often over the years I have fixed many things by taking them apart and reassembling them with good success.
That is exactly what happened this time. If I had done this in the beginning I may not have fried the motor and/or wiring for the recoil.( Since I bought a new recoil I just replaced the motor and wiring and left the old recoil assembly in place.)
The problem was fairly simple but not obvious to me. The turret nose includes 3 major parts which all fit together with the barrel sliding through all three.( Assy #'s 28, 29 and 30 in the manual if you have one D1 & D2)
Inside the turret there is the elevation ass'y then the Turret nose D2 and the exterior mantlet.
All three fit tightly together with the barrel sliding through with little clearance.
The exterior mantlet D1 came loose and bound against the barrel and stopped it from returning to after fire position.
I glued the offending pieces together and now everything works.
Thanks for all the help
Wayne