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Re: Winch
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Originally Posted by Jay TenBrink
Looks like the power van door motor in your design which is a non-backdriveable worm gear, meaning it requires no brake to keep you hangin. An appropriate application.  |
You would think so, but unfortunately I believe that's not the case with this particular worm drive gear; I seem to remember using it for a lift one time, only to find out it would backdrive when the power was cut - it had an oddball pitch angle so that it could be backdriven (a safety feature since it's used for closing van doors). I know they've changed the particular van door motor we get in the kit since a few years back - can anybody confirm if this motor can be backdriven?
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Last edited by Gary Dillard : 15-01-2004 at 08:14.
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