[SwampDonkey]

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Well, I got half a dozen maxon gearhead motors with HEDS encoders on the back of them. I decided to see if the disks were in good shape and destroyed every one of them.

Firstly, I couldnt get the body of the encoder lined up with with the hole illustrated here:




I managed to get a hole in the side and turned it to where I could see the set screw. Found the smallest allen wrench I could buy and gave a go at unscrewing the grub. It was inside the assembly so I couldnt tell if I was sucessful or not. I wasnt. After prying the snaps up to remove the cover, the read-disk folded since it was still partially in the reader.

I tried again extra carefully and no luck. I just destroyed them all. Where can I find an allen wrench small enough? I think that may have been the issue.

Also, are these disks replaceable? I'd hate to think I should just chuck these parts into the trash. I really cant afford losses like that.....Some pics of this disaster:

[Iron-Man]

FIRST THINGS FIRST: lOOKS LIKE img LINKS FROM PHOTOBUCKET DONT DISPLAY ON HERE.





Well, I got half a dozen maxon gearhead motors with HEDS encoders on the back of them. I decided to see if the disks were in good shape and destroyed every one of them.

Firstly, I couldnt get the body of the encoder lined up with with the hole illustrated here:




I managed to get a hole in the side and turned it to where I could see the set screw. Found the smallest allen wrench I could buy and gave a go at unscrewing the grub. It was inside the assembly so I couldnt tell if I was sucessful or not. I wasnt. After prying the snaps up to remove the cover, the read-disk folded since it was still partially in the reader.

I tried again extra carefully and no luck. I just destroyed them all. Where can I find an allen wrench small enough? I think that may have been the issue.

Also, are these disks replaceable? I'd hate to think I should just chuck these parts into the trash. I really cant afford losses like that.....Some pics of this disaster:

See page 2, 0.035 hex wrench. Data Sheet - HEDM-550x/HEDM-560x, Quick Assembly Two and Three Channel Optical Encoders (304 KB)

Hope this helps,

Iron-Man