Per the title: Strong winds last night/today stripped the actuator on 'my' bud. (Wife's seems ok)
I noticed the dish was all the way over on the eastern side. I manually raised the dish back and it stopped right on 116w, but does NOT lock in. It will freely extend to the east. Something broken inside. I temporarily tied it in place.

It was getting too dark to see well, but I don't believe there was any damage to the dish or mount. Dish is receiving ok on 116w, which is the western sat of main interest for the wife.

Will have to take stock of my old spare actuators tomorrow. Best I recall, the only complete actuator remaining uses an optical sensor and will need to be converted to reed switch. Sure wish I had done that before when it was not needed at the time. * There is also a working pots type actuator and controller that could be used as a last resort. *

Sounds like fun? lol