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Offline radiomarty

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Motor slip
« on: 07, April, 2010 - 08:59:47 »
Spent some time 'playing' with Goldfinger yesterday as it has been suffering from motor slip. The cause seems to have been due to the motor dropping off the support fence (if that;s what it is called) - played around with the Sinclair mod bracket and managed to get a good condition (test run all ok)- but just wondered if the cable tie solution is better than the metal bracket and has anyone got any snaps of one in place ?
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Re: Motor slip
« Reply #1 on: 07, April, 2010 - 09:05:10 »
Hi mate, I think I had a not too dissimilare issue last year.  Check out my previous post.  http://c5alive.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=713.0   I was reliably informed that it was the 'fence' that needed to be propped up to support the gear thus preventing belt slip.  It worked with a cable tie, and now it runs fine. 

Does this help?

Mike
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Re: Motor slip
« Reply #2 on: 07, April, 2010 - 11:22:48 »
Hi Mike - thanks a lot same problem  - I knew it was here somewhere - UMPA - lost your photo's on page 3 of the thread Mike attached - any chance of putting them back on - cheers bud.
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Re: Motor slip
« Reply #3 on: 07, April, 2010 - 17:10:30 »
Yeah I must say, it's getting a little tough keeping up with the demands of photobucket.  They're taking images down which haven't been accessed.  Never mind, they're only a few clicks away I'm sure.

Glad this was of some use.
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Re: Motor slip
« Reply #4 on: 08, April, 2010 - 12:33:34 »
Quote from: radiomarty on  07, April, 2010  - 11:22:48
Hi Mike - thanks a lot same problem  - I knew it was here somewhere - UMPA - lost your photo's on page 3 of the thread Mike attached - any chance of putting them back on - cheers bud.

Yes - I'll do that, they only vanished because I moved the pictures in to sub albums, I went through my posts and thought I had them all - lol
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Re: Motor slip
« Reply #5 on: 08, April, 2010 - 13:03:41 »
Thanks Umpa - think i'll go for the metal bracket and cable tie version - must have dropped off the fence during the trailer ride home from Brooklands !!!! ;D
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Re: Motor slip
« Reply #6 on: 08, April, 2010 - 18:21:20 »
Mate, you can do it all with cable ties.  Trust me, I can barely boil the kettle without instructions, yet here I am, the proud owner of a C5 that I fixed myself thanks to the help on here, so ties are really all you need.  Your choice though.
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Re: Motor slip
« Reply #7 on: 08, April, 2010 - 19:53:48 »
Thanks for the help Mike
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