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Re: articulating arm help

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Originally Posted by HarveyAce View Post
but i thought that the window motors couldn't backdrive due to the worm gearing inside?
I think you are confusing backdrive and drive backwards. If you reverse the voltage to the motor, it will drive in the other direction just like any of the other motors.

What people mean when they say you can not backdrive the window motor is that you can't physically turn the motor by turning the shaft (the problem the OP is having).
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