jkilroy
Diamond
- Joined
- Jul 23, 2004
- Location
- Vicksburg, MS
Hi Fella's, long time no post on my end. My Pacemaker, a 16x54, late 40's vintage, has developed a knock in the headstock. I took off the lid, put the machine in neautral and spun the spindle by hand and I can't feel or hear anything, which is good news. If the spindle bearings are toast this thing is going to get parted out and scrapped.
In low range the noise seems to be in time with the counter shaft, faster than spindle speed. BTW, this is all with the gearbox offline so no gearbox noise. I need to get a better look into the headstock and was wondering this. Can the "cage" that sits on top of the headstock, see pics, be removed in one piece, as in take out the bolts and lift off?
Any tips or tricks in working on these things? Anyone know of any online service literature?
In low range the noise seems to be in time with the counter shaft, faster than spindle speed. BTW, this is all with the gearbox offline so no gearbox noise. I need to get a better look into the headstock and was wondering this. Can the "cage" that sits on top of the headstock, see pics, be removed in one piece, as in take out the bolts and lift off?
Any tips or tricks in working on these things? Anyone know of any online service literature?