Re: Tech Star Wars Help

RamControls parts are great but somewhat expensive. There are cheaper gears available that will work. I'm just presenting this as an option guys, so don't kill me.

Read this thread, maybe some useful info in there... (wysiwyg is me)...
http://www.cgcc.ca/forum/viewtopic.php?t=16947

I have grabbed some info from the above thread and copied it below...

On the following sheet, the part number is "A 1T 2-Y24014" and the cost is $4.50 ea or down to $3 each at 25 pieces.
https://sdp-si.com/ss/PDF/79001129.PDF

This one is plastic, no brass center, so would be easy to drill out to 1/4" bore. Cost $2 each or down to $1.25 at 25 pieces.
"A 1M 2-Y24014"
https://sdp-si.com/ss/PDF/79001130.pdf

This gear is available online directly from "Stock Drive Products" here:
http://www.sdp-si.com/

Here's an actual Star Wars yoke application...

Original gear with split plastic between two teeth
 

New gear as purchased with 1/8" center hole sitting left of original gear

New gear drilled to 1/4" center hole and tapped for set screw
 

New gear installed:

Enjoy!

William Boucher
  ----- Original Message -----
  From: Frank Zapotoczny
  To: vectorlist@vectorlist.org
  Sent: Friday, September 18, 2009 12:16 PM
  Subject: RE: VECTOR: Tech Star Wars Help

  One more question Guys,

   Is there a source or replacement for the gear that goes on the Pot for the up and down movement. (small gear).

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  From: owner-vectorlist@vectorlist.org [mailto:owner-vectorlist@vectorlist.org] On Behalf Of Douglas Gauck
  Sent: Friday, September 18, 2009 9:16 AM
  To: vectorlist@vectorlist.org
  Subject: Re: VECTOR: Tech Star Wars Help

  Sounds like a thermally induced problem. Seat of my pants says the little potentiometers, or a connection issue. Or maybe the big blue cap on the power supply? I know the pots and cap are on my list of perishable parts I've neglected to replace.

  -DrG

  On Sep 18, 2009, at 8:40 AM, Frank Zapotoczny wrote:

  Kind of both directions up and down and left and right. I recapped the boards a long time ago and I was going to try that to start along with resoldering the connectors. I will try to get a video today. But it did't look like the vector lines were moving but that the whole picture was jumping.

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  From: owner-vectorlist@vectorlist.org [mailto:owner-vectorlist@vectorlist.org] On Behalf Of Andre Huijts
  Sent: Friday, September 18, 2009 1:36 AM
  To: vectorlist@vectorlist.org
  Subject: Re: VECTOR: Tech Star Wars Help

  A video would sure help. Could you describe how it jumps (left-right/up-down or other way)?

  Op 18 sep 2009, om 03:50 heeft Frank Zapotoczny het volgende geschreven:

  I have a Star Wars upright with a Amplifone monitor. It has a wintron HV installed and had worked great for many years. It has been sitting for a about a year without being played.

   I turned it on to play a few games and the picture came up and looked great but after a few seconds the picture began jumping around and getting shaky. After about 5-10 minutes it stopped moving around and looked great again. Then after a few more minutes it started jumping around again.

   Can you guys give me a suggestion on where to start looking.

  Thanks in advance for any help/

  Frank

  André Huijts

  andre.huijts@upcmail.nl

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Received on Sat Sep 19 08:46:36 2009