Monday, July 12, 2004


pot unscrew, in place, wide view

unscrewing the pot, still in place

unscrewing the potentiometer

pulling the board/motor out of the case

Wide view of board out, pot still in

Front or top of the servo

Potentiometer removed from case, washer and nut from potentiometer

Removed the bottom, showing the circuit board

Removed from case, showing parts

Removed the gears that come off

Back side of the board with the resistors leads coming through the holes where the potentiometer attached - this leads are trimmed afterwards

New resistors to replace the potentiometer - now the circuit always will always think the shaft is at 180 degrees

Gear with the stop that needs to be cut off for continious rotation

board/motor removed - showing bottom of potentiometer mounted in case

Gear with the stop cut off

New shaft using a wood screw - eventually I chopped the end of the screw for length

Potentiometer and circuit board/motor removed from case

Hacking a Servo - Showing my fix for a new shaft to replace the shaft from the potentiometer

Cutting off the stop - in progress

Cutting the stop off the gear - in progress - closeup - I cut the stop off with the file on my swiss army knife