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Author Topic: AW3R Axle Problem Don Sneed Master Film Handler Posts: 451 From: Texas City, TX, USA Registered: Aug 2001 posted 01-15-2002 06:40 PM                        I just service a 10-plex with Christie AW3R platters, I notice on a couple of the screens the bottom platter the removeble center feed is hard to install, where the Middle & Top platter will slide in & out very easly as it should, thinking there was a build up of dust, grease ect, I tried cleaning but the center feed was still hard to install & remove, it is as though the axle was bent (which it is not) I can't figure this one out, it is happening always on the bottom platter on more than one screen....anyone has any ideas to correct without changing the axle ??  |  IP: Logged Ethan Harper E-dawggg!!! Posts: 325 From: Plano, TX, USA Registered: May 2000 posted 01-15-2002 06:57 PM                     I am assuming that you are using the older style brains. Try getting some 40-grit sandpaper and sand down the stem on the brain and inside the hole on the deck. I could be wrong though. ------------------ --"That's my story and i'm sticking to it!"--  |  IP: Logged Will Kutler Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1506 From: Tucson, AZ, USA Registered: Feb 2001 posted 01-15-2002 07:03 PM                     Randomly using 40 grit paper--come on! use your fingers to feel if there are any burrs. A light coat of sewing machine oil might help. To check for burrs, paint the pay-out head stem with dycum or similiar product which, along with a flashlight and inspection mirror, can help to reveal burrs. It may also be a tight fit because that bottom deck is not used often and may still be tight?  |  IP: Logged Brad Miller Administrator Posts: 17775 From: Plano, TX (36.2 miles NW of Rockwall) Registered: May 99 posted 01-15-2002 09:00 PM                     Don't use the sandpaper inside the axle, but DO use it on the base of the removable brain. Yes Will, this trick does work and it works magnificently. The older model AW3R platters where the center axle of the arm stands just a bit higher than the surface of the deck were machines just a bit too precise and especially in a high humidity area, just the tiniest amount of rust can cause them to "jam" and be hard to insert/remove. The sandpaper trick works perfectly, just make sure you wipe off the bottom stem of the brain well before you insert it into the axle. Get a brain from another screen. Odds are that you will find some brains fit easily into that bottom deck. No two are perfectly exactly alike.  |  IP: Logged Paul G. Thompson The Weenie Man Posts: 4718 From: Mount Vernon WA USA Registered: Nov 2000 posted 01-15-2002 11:51 PM                     I agree with Brad on this one.  |  IP: Logged Don Sneed Master Film Handler Posts: 451 From: Texas City, TX, USA Registered: Aug 2001 posted 01-16-2002 12:55 AM                        Thanks guys, I will try that, I'm on the Island of Guam & the Humidity here is worst than being at home in Galveston Texas...  |  IP: Logged

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