QuickPan IV Rotator Base
How to install and remove the indexing discs and adjusting the indexing force
Installing Detent Discs
4) The new Detent Disc is |
installed by pushing it into |
1) To install or change the Detent Discs simply loosen the silver thumbscrew on the side of the black Rotator Hub by turning it in a counter clockwise direction. Do not remove the screw, just turn several times.You do not need to remove the head from the tripod.
2) Once the thumbscrew is loosened, pull the Horizontal Bracket Assembly upward out of the Rotator Hub.You may need to wiggle it a bit as you lift it out of the hub.
3) Once the Horizontal Bracket Assembly is removed, the Detent Disc can be changed by grabbing the protruding tab on the detent ring and pulling it up out of the Rotator Housing.
Silver
Thumbscrew
Note: The QuickPan IV rotator uses a stainless steel ball plunger that is different from the plastic nosed plunger on the QuickPan III. Be sure to use only the stainless steel ball plungers (available from Kaidan) on the QuickPan IV rotators.
the recessed area in the top |
of the Rotator Hub as shown |
at left. |
5) Replace the Horizontal |
Bracket Assembly into the |
Rotator Hub. Push the as- |
sembly down into the hub |
to fully engage and collapse |
the plunger, then tighten the |
thumbscrew. |
Adjusting the Force of the Spring Plunger
The screw, shown at left, can be used to position the spring plunger up and down.You can use a screwdriver (or a thin coin) to adjust the indexing or
Be sure to not overtighten the plunger so that the metal body of the plunger would come in contact with the indexing ring.Also be sure that the plunger is not set deep enough as this will cause excessive play in the indexing action.
