New (old) Dome Motor with new Bracket

R5's dome motor needs a new bracket!

Dome motor upgrade. This motor is an original I had installed years ago. It’s bigger than the previous one.

Drew up a simple clamp/bracket arrangement, with captive nuts.

(Just need to find some cap head bolts the right length).

I repositioned the motor to be at the front of the body. My thinking is that the motor won’t have as greater force to overcome when moving the dome, compared to when it was at the rear of the body….

Next up was a new wheel…… again 3D printed off my design and then cut a rubber o’ring to length and glued it on.

The shaft hole is a ‘D’ shape to match and I also fitted a recessed nut in the lower diameter for the locking bolt to have something firm to lock with, so preventing the PLA from breaking.

Time will tell how strong this all is with the R5 dome on!!

R5-D4 - annual maintenance

I had a photo reminder that this time last year, i gave R5’s bearing ring a clean. After removing the retaining grub screw, and allowing the bearings to escape into a tub, I then started to clean the inner grooves.

The above picture shows the clean and unclean groove. Once the grooves were clean I then used a pad to polish the grooves.

The bearings i put in a plastic bag and sprayed WD40 into, i let them soak to clean off the dirt. I then poured them back into the tub lined with paper towels to absorb the WD40.

Once fully dried off, it was inserting the bearings back into the race, free of WD40.