V-25 / Hanging Arm on Docking Station

[Tom Daigon]

Hi Folks:
  I got the V-25 / X45 the other day. It is a fine piece of equipment. I am following along with the old EFP training video that Jerry and the late Ted put together. Its like having a private class! I have a question for you. On the docking station, adjacent to the balancing pin is a small angle post that sticks out that  maybe 3 inches and angles slightly up. Is this where I can hang the arm? If it is, do I take the pin off the arm (that the sled sits on) and hang the arm by sliding the little post on the docking station thru the holes that the pin usually goes thru? I hesitated to do this since I see there are 2 small bearing rings in the holes that I didnt want to damage by sticking the angled post into, since the weight of the arm would be fully on the lower bearing ring.
Tom Daigon
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[Phil Kindred]

For some reason, I can't open your pics.  But my Hill docking stand has a similar sounding post.  My arm post is hollow so it slips right over the post on the docking bracket.  If yours isn't hollow, you could make up a strap of some kind to hang the arm from that post.   I wouldn't hang from the bearings you mentioned.

[Tom Daigon]

Thanks Phil, I did see a picture that led me to believe that the post on the Steadicam products might be hollow. And indeed it was. Since mine is solid that was my confusion. Pascal from the Netherlands had this suggestion...

"The pin is indeed ment to take the arm. The best way I found is to hang it in between the upper and lower bone, so you hang it sideways on the pin. Any other way could possibly damage the cable inside or pop out a bearing "