Lw 4000 flags rusty

[MDrost1]

Folks,

I have one older looking flag. Front limit flag. It is rusting a bit. Can rust on flags cause a bad prox read. I put a new switch in and it does the same thing. Moved my rusty flag forward and began to read and stop where I wanted. Can rust prevent the prox from operating properly?

 

[BBE]

Yes, it can. Use some steel wool on it to smooth it out, it may prolong the life. Best idea would be to go through and upgrade them all to stainless flags. I believe there is an upgrade kit.

 

[MDrost1]

BBE,

Thanks. That's what I figured. I have two stainless flags right now. I'll head over to my distributor and pick up the final stainless flag. Thanks a ton.

 

[sparkey]

You will find that stainless is harder to read with an inductive prox switch than steel is. If you look at the specs for inductive proximity switches there will be a correction factor for stainless of around .75 - .85 depending on the type of stainless. Magnetic steel is much easier to read.

 

[Ric]

You will find that stainless is harder to read with an inductive prox switch than steel is. If you look at the specs for inductive proximity switches there will be a correction factor for stainless of around .75 - .85 depending on the type of stainless. Magnetic steel is much easier to read.

True...until it becomes corroded. The stainless flags cured the problem for us.

 

[MEP001]

You can always sand them smooth and paint them with Chassis Saver.