posted January 20, 2009 02:55 AM
Hopefully someone can help me on this, i have bought a replacement worm gear for a Braun Visacustic 2000 digital projector from Wittner that needs to be replaced. Can anyone tell me what tool i need to unscrew this from the shaft so that i can replace the worm gear with the new one?
I thought it would be a standard metric allen key fitting but have since found out it is completely round, so i am baffled in what i should do to get this off the shaft.
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posted January 21, 2009 05:09 PM
Robert, you need a 1.5mm hex key. It is a bit of fiddling to get it unscrewed, especially when the screw got stuck because of age. I got the Wittner worm gear too, but prefer the worm gear made by De Snek.
Yes you could say it was a bit of a job but i finally removed the old worm gear, which broke into bits when i took it off last night. I have now fitted the new part, which i have also greased. All i need to do now is put the motor back and we should be in business.
Many thanks for your input and kind help as it's much appreciated.
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posted January 25, 2009 07:36 AM
You're welcome.
My old wormgear fel apart too when I removed it. Even when the wormgear has an almost invisible crack, the projector will run unevenly. With a good wormgear, the Visacustic is surely one of my favorite projectors.