Dish Help

[lewshanks]

Ok folks the problem i have is i got a fortec star 90 cm dish and the technomate 2600 motor ,anyways opens sets pole in concrete fastens motor to pole ,goes to put dish on motor (boolox) wrong mount with dish, i got a wall mount ,but needs a pole mount obviously for the motor arm , sre thes universal ??? if so where can i get one ? or is it back to fortec star to get one ,as of yet they aint answered any emails........ cheers thanks in advance ............Gaz

[hypersonic]

Dish Help

Lewshanks m8, the 90cm fortec star dish ususlly comes with a pole mount as standard. The wall mount is just a wall plate with a vertical tube (pole) on it to fix the dish to. Post a picture of what you have & we'll try to help. Attached is a picture of a typical diseqc motor/dish arrangement.

[lewshanks]

thanks Hypersonic, my apologies indeed it does have the pole mount with it ,what i meant to say was the pole mount is to small for the arm on the technomate 2600 motor ,will up l;oad photo when i find camera ,i think the technomate arm is 2" and the opening i have on the bracket is 1 3/4 " if you get my drift

Gaz

[Grizz]

If i have your problem right, you should be able to get a couple of 2" U bolts at a hardware shop and swap them for the ones on your dish. Is it possible to force your own on? 1/8" on each leg should be easy enough to squeeze on.

[lewshanks]

Heres the gist of it the bracket as you know fits on the sat dish the other end on the motor arm ,this is where my problem is it wont fit on the arm above ,the picture what hyposonic put on is the bracket i need ,or some way to doctor this bracket i have

Gaz

[Grizz]

can you get a 2" Ubolt to fit into A. on pic. and cut off B.

or leave B on for strength and take off 1/8" off inside diameter with a reamer or something similar.

Or if your new 2" pole has a wall diameter of 1/8" you could slot a foot of 1 3/4" into top of it and leave old bracket intact

[lewshanks]

Getting you on this Grizz 2" u bolt sounds good the reeming is probably a no goer as there is not much room for error however i could remove both A+B drill from the side and replace with the u bolts ......will get some 2" u bolts from the sat shop and have a good look at it ..........cheers Grizz