Hi,
I previously posted about some drive issues with my 10EE which thankfully are now resolved. My current issue concerns the drive belts. When I first got the lathe, the flat belt driving the gearbox was completely shredded. I first focused on getting the drive system working and left the belt issue till now. I ordered a new flat belt from Monarch and installed it. The issue I have is when I adjust the two v-belts to proper tension, the idler for the flat belt rubs against the V-belts. I called monarch and spoke with the tech and although courteous, he simply suggested that somewhere in this machines life either the motor was changed, the idlers are not original etc. I also thought the V-belts could be wrong/stretched but if you look at the pictures, its basically a straight line from the motor pulley to the spindle pulley (looking at it in the pics, on the right side). It almost seems as if the flat belt is too short not allowing the flat belt tension pulley to be pushed farther to the left to increase distance from the V-Belts. I have not tried to move the motor...is it possible that there is enough side to side adjustment with the motor mount?
This machine is a Square Dial made in 1966
thanks for any help!
Kevin
I previously posted about some drive issues with my 10EE which thankfully are now resolved. My current issue concerns the drive belts. When I first got the lathe, the flat belt driving the gearbox was completely shredded. I first focused on getting the drive system working and left the belt issue till now. I ordered a new flat belt from Monarch and installed it. The issue I have is when I adjust the two v-belts to proper tension, the idler for the flat belt rubs against the V-belts. I called monarch and spoke with the tech and although courteous, he simply suggested that somewhere in this machines life either the motor was changed, the idlers are not original etc. I also thought the V-belts could be wrong/stretched but if you look at the pictures, its basically a straight line from the motor pulley to the spindle pulley (looking at it in the pics, on the right side). It almost seems as if the flat belt is too short not allowing the flat belt tension pulley to be pushed farther to the left to increase distance from the V-Belts. I have not tried to move the motor...is it possible that there is enough side to side adjustment with the motor mount?
This machine is a Square Dial made in 1966
thanks for any help!
Kevin