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Jon,
Yes the thrusters unscrew. I ran into the same problem when i got my sub parts. -Scott Waters
> Date: Mon, 17 Oct 2011 23:43:28 -0400 > From: jonw@psubs.org > To: personal_submersibles@psubs.org > Subject: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Kittredge Motor Housing help > > > Looking for help from anyone who has K-sub motor housings per plans. > I've run into my first issue with the K-600 in that the port fwd > thruster is binding and won't rotate. The only thing I can think is > happening is that the o-rings inside the thru-hull have dislodged and > are causing the shaft to bind up when I attempt to rotate it. And I > mean it is REALLY bound up. From outside the sub I can barely rotate > the motor one inch back and forth by grabbing the kort nozzle and head > of the motor housing, and then man-handling it. It was rotating fine > when I brought it home. > > So I've got to remove the motor and find out what is going on. I > removed the wire harness that attaches to the thru-hull inside the > cabin, but will need to disconnect those wires before I can try to pull > the motor and shaft from the thru-hull. The only way to disconnect > those wires is to access them inside the motor housing. So my question > is; how does the aft part of the motor housing disconnect from the fore > part of the housing. There are no bolts, screws, or set screws anywhere > so it looks like it either pulls apart or the entire after tank head > unscrews. Based upon what I can see in the plans, it looks like it > unscrews but I just want to confirm that so I don't cause any damage. > > Attached below is the motor housing drawing from the plans. I've also > posted some photos and a description of the issue at > http://www.psubs.org/projects/1234567801/k600portfwdmotor/ > > |