Sanwa TX repair in the UK
Anybody able to replace the steering potentiometer on a Sanwa Gemini X?
I've contacted Model Radio Workshop already but he can't help. I don't fancy sending it off to LRP in Germany, which is the official Sanwa response. Cheers |
Derek bailey fixes all manner of stuff. Give him a try
http://www.rcdisco.com/tips-and-tricks/service.php |
Cheers. Have dropped him an email.
Anyone else do this sort of thing? |
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If you're handy with a soldering iron have a go yourself. You just need an identical pot, same resistance and range of angle. 3 wires and it's done. :)
You might even find it's not the pot once it's opened up, might be as daft as a wire off or the pot jumped off somehow. |
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Cheers guys.
It's definitely the pot. If I swap channels on the rx the steering, through the throttle stick, is fine. It's not dead all together but it kind of "glitches" for want of a better word when moved slowly. All the wires are ok as I had it apart last night. Finding a pot might be the next step if no one else can help. |
Try a lad called pugs on here he is good had work done before no problems
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Swapping it is easy, finding the correct spec part isn't. |
Give me the specs then Neal - see if I can have more luck.
Someone obviously makes them or they wouldn't have been installed in the first place. |
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Or try Schumacher they import it
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That does look oddball, not seen a bottom pin type like that for ages - back in my CB radio days!
What might be worth a try is unsoldering it from the daughterboard, carefully prising open the metal lugs on the back and opening it up. Clean the carbon track with some contact cleaner, clean the wiper and check there's enough pressure on it, and bend the tangs down gently for a bit more if it hasn't. Used to do this trick when i was a kid. |
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Is gemini X pot not the same
If same should be able to get cheap gemini Either X or 40 fm |
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