[HAM] Alignment of Start Motor

[Jeff Dairiki]

On Wed, 2007-03-21 at 19:32 -0400, George Matthis wrote:
> I need more ideas to play with!

Sometimes if you just loosen the mounting screws (the ones with the
improbably long hexagonal heads, which look sort of like stand-offs),
then shove the start motor around while re-tightening the screws you can
move the motor around enough to fix things.

(When you find a better solution, feel free to add a note about it at
http://www.dairiki.org/HammondWiki/ToneGeneratorWontStart )

> My first thought was to bend the mounting area enough to fix it, then
> it occurred to me that if the metal is fatigued, it might crack while
> trying to bend it.

The end plate is steel, and is (in my experience) pretty malleable.
Unless yours looks particularly worked over, I don't think I'd worry too
much about it cracking --- not that I'm offering any guarantees, ind
you.   (I'd worry more about making sure not to bend or break other
parts of the TG which should obviously remain unbent.)
 
Generally we're not talking about putting in (or removing) any sharp
bends --- rather we're just removing (or perhaps creating) a bit of
"warpage" in the end plate.

Jeff