RE: Tempest spinner rebuild kits

I found that the Radio Shack teflon lubricant was perfect for this
application. However, because I enjoy cranking up the milling machine now
and then, I decided to add ball bearings to my spinner assembly instead. I
used two flanged ball bearings to replace the bushings, and it works like a
champ.

The spin test revealed that my ball bearing solution was really no better
than the 'teflon in the bushing' solution, but the thought of a ball bearing
assembly in my Tempest was appealing. Now if I could just get around to
retrofitting ball bearings into the blasted Defender control stick, that
would remove a whole lot of slop there, too!

Joel-

-----Original Message-----
From: Mark Jenison [mailto:jenison@enteract.com]
Sent: Monday, July 22, 2002 11:38 AM
To: vectorlist@synthcom.com
Subject: Re: VECTOR: Tempest spinner rebuild kits

> Hmmm. Will the rebuild kit ever have the same problem? I thought the issue
> was that the original spinner had a little nylon shaft which wears out,
> while the rebuild kits have oil-impregnated brass, which is much less
> susceptible to wear.

Well, maybe not, but my point was that you may be able to avoid having to
purchase the rebuilt kit at all if you just try maintaining the controller
via lubrication.

--
Mark Jenison
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