Second Sherman
11-09-2009 | 10:48 AM
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Second Sherman
Now I got the first one done, I open up the the second box.
OOps. Turret spins freely out of the box so that seems to be a common assembly error as I have heard this reported three times on this board now.. This is an easy fix though, so save yourself some hassle and fix it yourself.
You need to remove 8 scres that hold the upper section and the lower section together. You don't have to remove the tracks. The screw holes are right up tight against the chassis. You may have to slightly move the track to be able to see them. Undo those and then separate the two halfs. Unplug the black and yellow plug from the board that runs to the turret rotation motor. Doing this will free up the stress on the wires. Turn the top half upside down and have a look where the turret ring and motor meet. My rotation motor had not been pushed on properely to the mounting posts, so the gear was not meshing with the turret ring. I simply reset the rotation motor assembly and tightened it down, to fix the probem. Plug the motor back into the board, and reassemble.
I am posting this, because it would be a real shame to have someone go through the return process to get this fixed. It is a real shame the assembly guys couldn't get this right, as something should work out of the box when it is sold as RTR. However this is a real easy fix, and everyone sooner or later is going to be pulling the top half and bottom half apart. You can fix this in 5 minutes using nothing more then a phillips screwdriver.
OOps. Turret spins freely out of the box so that seems to be a common assembly error as I have heard this reported three times on this board now.. This is an easy fix though, so save yourself some hassle and fix it yourself.
You need to remove 8 scres that hold the upper section and the lower section together. You don't have to remove the tracks. The screw holes are right up tight against the chassis. You may have to slightly move the track to be able to see them. Undo those and then separate the two halfs. Unplug the black and yellow plug from the board that runs to the turret rotation motor. Doing this will free up the stress on the wires. Turn the top half upside down and have a look where the turret ring and motor meet. My rotation motor had not been pushed on properely to the mounting posts, so the gear was not meshing with the turret ring. I simply reset the rotation motor assembly and tightened it down, to fix the probem. Plug the motor back into the board, and reassemble.
I am posting this, because it would be a real shame to have someone go through the return process to get this fixed. It is a real shame the assembly guys couldn't get this right, as something should work out of the box when it is sold as RTR. However this is a real easy fix, and everyone sooner or later is going to be pulling the top half and bottom half apart. You can fix this in 5 minutes using nothing more then a phillips screwdriver.
