FIrst off, all the drain holes in the front cavity in my lathe were either completely or partially blocked with dark colored sludge. The 7 o'clock hole in the back of the cavity was about 1/2 blocked which ulitmately raises the resting level of the front cavity and hinders it evacuating during...
Mission completed yesterday. FYI, talked to Harry at Monarch a couple times and was told that they install the spindles with the castellated nut on front bearings loose and then tighten after spindle is in. Ran it today for about 1/2hr. at 1500rpm and not so much as a tear coming out the 6...
No, I never messed with that nut. I'll check and see if it does move around, that would be kinda dissappointing if that's not my problem on the last half inch. You're probably right, just got to excited that it could be that easy of a fix. How would I know that the MRC rear bearings are the...
Found the culprit... I never touched the locknut on this set of bearings as recommended in this thread. This must be what fought us getting it out also. Look at the gap in second photo, comparing the gap between the scale and bearings front and back.
Well, was all cleaned up, gaskets on, and went to install the spindle this morning. Everthing went smoothly until about the last 19/32 (visual on scale). Again it bound up to the point it didn't push it any further. I was using the tailstock with a piece of 4x4 to push it in. Inside casting...
Update: Spindle is waiting to be put back in after gaskets come in from Monarch. It appears as though the inner bearing on the rear set had gotten out of alignment and was the sticking point while removing the spindle. This caused the pinched gear, EE-2110, and the inner race on the bearing...
Will do, the only reason I didn't get the manual from them when I first got this was all my electronics had been replaced during the time that New Departure had the lathe. Probably have to get it from them just for the reasons you mention. I have to order some gaskets and other things anyway.
Here ya go Cal.. The first pic is of the oil line getting from the sump to feeding the front bearing cavity. There is a cavity in the casting where the oil line takes a 90 degree right and then goes to the front cavity wall. The hole is evidently drilled from the front face out the backside...
The set screw, 183-3, must be stripped out as I can't find any hex key that fits it and can't get a good look at what's at the bottom. It is securely in place and doesn't wiggle at all under finger pressure.
Cal, the last picture in Post #17 shows a smaller hole at about 3 o'clock. That hole...
Hi Cal, EE-1125 stayed with the gear. It slides freely in/out of EE-2110 at this time and will stop when it touches the EE-2305. You can tell that something shifted a bit to the right with the withdrawal of the spindle because the setscrew 188-4 was tight to remove and wasn't that way prior to...
Actually spindle bearings are ok but the left side pair of bearing inner one is spinning freely now as it was difficult to get the spindle started to come until the right hand outside bearing cleared the casting. Something appears to be pinched as the LH threading gear is tight now and has no...
Yep, it was and I believe you are corrrect. Not in the pic, is the sludge that was in the bottom that I wiped out prior to the picture. you can see the stain on the casting wall behind the front hole you are referencing. The center cavity doesn't look bad at all at the bottom. This...
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