Hi all,
Because of an oil leak in the knee of my "new" Abene mill I removed all oil out of it.
Then I found out there was no oil at all in the compartment for the vertical spindle.
Looking trough the oil plug hole with a small camera I saw grease on the spindle.
I just partially removed the outside cover of the spindle and indeed the spindle was full of grease.
I assume now that the oil seals between the telescopic cover-parts are leaking and that's why they used grease.
Any idea if this is simple to fix?
Or shall I also just grease this spindle once in a while, just like the last owner apparently did?
I couldn't find pictures of a dismantlement telescopic tube, but what I see in the parts-manual it are just o-rings, but those will damage on the damaged outsides of the steel tubes and start leaking again.
Any ideas?
Because of an oil leak in the knee of my "new" Abene mill I removed all oil out of it.
Then I found out there was no oil at all in the compartment for the vertical spindle.
Looking trough the oil plug hole with a small camera I saw grease on the spindle.
I just partially removed the outside cover of the spindle and indeed the spindle was full of grease.
I assume now that the oil seals between the telescopic cover-parts are leaking and that's why they used grease.
Any idea if this is simple to fix?
Or shall I also just grease this spindle once in a while, just like the last owner apparently did?
I couldn't find pictures of a dismantlement telescopic tube, but what I see in the parts-manual it are just o-rings, but those will damage on the damaged outsides of the steel tubes and start leaking again.
Any ideas?