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You know you're having a bad day when.....
Posted: Wed Oct 07, 2015 12:14 am
by Incredible_Serious
This. Was just confirming function of a truck I sold, just before packing it up..... wasn't working smoothly, then zzzzzzzzzz, spinning sound, and no drive.
Lucky I have a spare.....but another strip down and rebuild before this gets posted..... dagnammit!
Thanks for letting me vent.
Alex
Re: You know you're having a bad day when.....
Posted: Wed Oct 07, 2015 7:16 am
by shodog
I hate when that happens. A mechanical breakdown eating into your profits
Re: You know you're having a bad day when.....
Posted: Wed Oct 07, 2015 7:45 am
by Incredible_Serious
shodog wrote:I hate when that happens. A mechanical breakdown eating into your profits
First time I've ever seen the shaft of a motor snap.... now I have a motor can that needs a new armature.... a.k.a. a fancy paperweight!
Alex
Re: You know you're having a bad day when.....
Posted: Wed Oct 07, 2015 7:51 am
by bully
Mate me too,had a 0.71 shaft that has threads that don't go on or off just straight for one turn,and a 1.65 turnbuckle with the threads opposite of the usual orientation...
Re: You know you're having a bad day when.....
Posted: Wed Oct 07, 2015 8:28 am
by THEYTOOKMYTHUMB
That sucks Alex, but it could always be worse...
Re: You know you're having a bad day when.....
Posted: Wed Oct 07, 2015 12:16 pm
by Coelacanth
Incredible_Serious wrote:shodog wrote:I hate when that happens. A mechanical breakdown eating into your profits
First time I've ever seen the shaft of a motor snap....
Wow, that's a first for me, too.
Re: You know you're having a bad day when.....
Posted: Thu Oct 08, 2015 12:32 am
by RC10th
I've seen it when small rocks get jammed in the gears or if using small pinions that come loose, the grub screw will snap it off nearly every time if it hits the gear. I haven't seen a 5mm shaft break but plenty of 1/8".
Re: You know you're having a bad day when.....
Posted: Thu Oct 08, 2015 12:44 am
by GoMachV
Did the same thing to my cnc spindle a month ago.
Re: You know you're having a bad day when.....
Posted: Thu Oct 08, 2015 12:48 am
by Incredible_Serious
GoMachV wrote:Did the same thing to my cnc spindle a month ago.
I can just hear you when it happened..... "Oh snap!".....
Re: You know you're having a bad day when.....
Posted: Thu Oct 08, 2015 12:55 am
by GoMachV
I did call it (and it's mother) some names that aren't very nice.
Re: You know you're having a bad day when.....
Posted: Thu Oct 08, 2015 1:05 am
by Incredible_Serious
GoMachV wrote:I did call it (and it's mother) some names that aren't very nice.
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Re: You know you're having a bad day when.....
Posted: Thu Oct 08, 2015 2:37 am
by Diamond Dave
Incredible_Serious wrote:shodog wrote:I hate when that happens. A mechanical breakdown eating into your profits
First time I've ever seen the shaft of a motor snap.... now I have a motor can that needs a new armature.... a.k.a. a fancy paperweight!
Alex
I had that happen many many years ago with a very old brushed motor. I was living in a place with a heated underground garage having some fun with an old Losi truck.
Second battery into the fun, SnAp! I could not believe what was laying on the floor. Swapped the motor out and kept going. I was kind of amazed really.
