Posted by Steve@Advance on July 24, 2019 at 20:17:55 from (66.169.147.211):
In Reply to: A lesson learned posted by 37chief on July 24, 2019 at 15:04:58:
The worst one that comes to mind, many years ago I took an Orbitrol steering control apart to replace the seals.
Lots of parts inside one of those! It will go together many ways, but only work when it's right.
First time I started it up, all looked well, no leaks. Then I touched the steering wheel...
The wheel started oscillating back and forth violently! Jammed my fingers, caught by surprise it tool me a second to kill it. I'm amazed it didn't break the steering wheel, it was that violent!
This was before internet, Youtube, or any outside help. I took it apart a couple times, made some changes. Once it spun all the way one direction, a couple times it did the oscillating trick.
I took the motor off, carried it to the forklift dealer, they didn't repair them, only replace, non serviceable. Quoted me something about 4x what the lift truck was worth!
Well, process of painful elimination, making careful notes of what I had already tried, about 10 tries later, it finally worked!
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