StudioSpot CMY~how to realign the 4 dichroic wheels

I am cleaning / P.M.'ing our Studio Spot CMY units. I removed the four cmy wheels to clean them and now have a few questions:

1} how should I realign them when assembling the unit. - I noted that all wheels have holes that line up at either towards the center {beam path} of the unit or the flag motor before I removed them, can I just use that as a guide?

2} do the three little cogs & the raceway between each pair need to be lubed? - I have high temp caliper lube. should I clean this area out & re-grease it with several lite dabs? They looked as if they had been greased previously, but they cam from the same people that gobbed lube all over the iris of one of my studio colors.

I ask the wise wisdom of all, so that I may have fewer problems later. That & I don't want to make a bigger mess than I have already.:o
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  • Man did you step into a bee's nest...

    Yes the holes are for alignment of all of them.
    I suggest you call Chris and have a speakerphone set up.
    There is only one kind of lube used in these lights Chris will advise you.
    Call 1-800-890-8989. 9:30 am cst is a good time.
    The down pressure of all the dicros on the shaft is the key to making all this work. Get ready to be frustrated till you figure it out.

    I devised a method to clean them without taking them apart but it's very tricky and if you screw up you will break them.

    Good luck. I suggest you "call before you dig" next time.;)

    I'll see if i can get some pictures of my cleaning methods for the CMY's posted.
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  • Man did you step into a bee's nest...

    Yes the holes are for alignment of all of them.
    I suggest you call Chris and have a speakerphone set up.
    There is only one kind of lube used in these lights Chris will advise you.
    Call 1-800-890-8989. 9:30 am cst is a good time.
    The down pressure of all the dicros on the shaft is the key to making all this work. Get ready to be frustrated till you figure it out.

    I devised a method to clean them without taking them apart but it's very tricky and if you screw up you will break them.

    Good luck. I suggest you "call before you dig" next time.;)

    I'll see if i can get some pictures of my cleaning methods for the CMY's posted.
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