SnJ
Free Member
Am unsure whether anyone has had a similar issue regarding the REMIS VARIO 1 rooflight.
Mine has played up since the day we had the MH
(The rooflight still went up & down albeit assisted by supporting the dome itself)
On removing all the mechanism and dismantling it all, I found that the plastic hinge part on both sides had snapped just before the 1st pivot point.
The biggest issue was the lack security due to the locks not being connected.
I have removed the tension spring and the arms are currently sat in my vice having been glued together using araldite (I'm not holding out much hope that this will be an effective repair but my fingers are crossed)
Obtaining parts for this model is nigh on impossible. Nowhere has any spares for the winding mechanism.
(It is significantly different from the Vario 2 and from what I have seen picture wise I can't even engineer something to work.)
As a stop gap I have reassembled part of the mechanism that makes the hooks grip the rooflight itself. This has made the MH rooflight secure
Ultimately I will replace the whole rooflight and probably with a Heki variant (am indecisive at the moment so if anyone has done it and can offer comparative advice it would be appreciated.
Rusty
Mine has played up since the day we had the MH
(The rooflight still went up & down albeit assisted by supporting the dome itself)
On removing all the mechanism and dismantling it all, I found that the plastic hinge part on both sides had snapped just before the 1st pivot point.
The biggest issue was the lack security due to the locks not being connected.
I have removed the tension spring and the arms are currently sat in my vice having been glued together using araldite (I'm not holding out much hope that this will be an effective repair but my fingers are crossed)
Obtaining parts for this model is nigh on impossible. Nowhere has any spares for the winding mechanism.
(It is significantly different from the Vario 2 and from what I have seen picture wise I can't even engineer something to work.)
As a stop gap I have reassembled part of the mechanism that makes the hooks grip the rooflight itself. This has made the MH rooflight secure
Ultimately I will replace the whole rooflight and probably with a Heki variant (am indecisive at the moment so if anyone has done it and can offer comparative advice it would be appreciated.
Rusty
After stripping-down and re-greasing the mechanism on my 900x600 Vario 1 a couple of years ago, it finally gave up the ghost last year and it is now a lid for a cold frame. The lug with the screw at the bottom of your pic no 5 had broken off and wasn't repairable. I replaced it with a Vario 2 which seems to be much better engineered. Even so, I always take the weight off the mechanism when opening the light by pushing the light open as I wind (tall enough to do so easily!)