viper
Titanium
- Joined
- May 18, 2007
- Location
- nowhereville
Per another post, we are reballing two ballscrew nuts on our Haas. It was found that the size if nothing close to the normal .125 size. These are 5/32 or possibly "were" 4mm. My measurements are .1567 on Y and .1562 on Z. The Z balls look like total crap!! FOD killed my balls! I found debris in the nut and some balls are .004 small and pitted. The raceways all look perfect and we would be looking at a rebuild anyway so we are going for it.
So does anyone know where to get the balls to reload this critter? We should be off like a prom dress as soon as we can find balls. They should be grade 25, chrome steel, and sold in many odd sizes. We found one company, ball-tec, but they were a little high and we plan to buy a bunch and test to see what works the best. There is one ebay guy but I do not think he has odd sizes in the 5/32 area.
So does anyone know where to get the balls to reload this critter? We should be off like a prom dress as soon as we can find balls. They should be grade 25, chrome steel, and sold in many odd sizes. We found one company, ball-tec, but they were a little high and we plan to buy a bunch and test to see what works the best. There is one ebay guy but I do not think he has odd sizes in the 5/32 area.