Removing carousel from an RO 436/437

[kevwilde]

Good morning all,

I'm in the process of taking apart the mech of a rock-ola 436 to clean it. I have all the manuals, but I'm having trouble (or lacking confidence) on how to remove the carousel. In the manual I see the main shaft and the carousel are connected and I can't deduce if I need to try and get the carousel off of the main shaft or have to disassemble the entire module (shaft + carousel).

I already removed motors, selection disc, counter and the only thing that is still connected to the main shaft are carousel, two points of the carriage and a gear for the counter mechanis.

What would you suggest how I continue with the disassembly?

Kind regards,
Kevin

[jukenorman]

Hi Kevin,
The parts catalogue shows how it all goes together - you have stated you have all the manuals so that is where to look. I only have a 435 parts catalogue and the carousel breakdown is shown on page 16, mechanically they will be pretty much the same.

Norman.

[kevwilde]

Thanks you Norman, I have that open but I wonder how much force I can apply to get the main shaft removed from the carriage. Am I supposed to hammer it out?

[jukenorman]

Hi Kevin,
I take it that you have removed item 10 the mounting bracket at one end and item 43 the read-out assy arm at the other end - in which case it should come away. With the motor off, the carousel should freely rotate. As you turn it, can you see anything that might be stopping its removal like a bit of a burr on the shaft at the read-out end?

Norman.

[Ron Rich]

Hi Kevin,
It's been many a year since I've removed one-- but my great, but not too long memory says that no "hammer" is necessary-- (besides, in those days, my boss restricted me on hammer size to a peanut sized one--said that I was not qualified to use anything larger !) ???Ron Rich

[kevwilde]

Hi Norman and Ron,

Thanks for the help, the trick with pulling it out while rotating made it very straightforward. In that way I could also see an additional setscrew I forgot to loosen on the gear that also drives the counter mechanism shaft.

Awesome support as ever! Thanks for sharing your expertise once again.

Kevin

[Ron Rich]

Hi Kevin,
Glad you found that set-screw ! No problem-- Ron Rich