michael.kitko
Cast Iron
- Joined
- Oct 30, 2012
- Location
- Pontefract, UK
Well, I don't think my shift tumbler was disengaging properly and I went to roll the front selector. I experienced a load of resistance and stopped and took the nuetral lever a bit further than the stop. It then shifted fine. I then couldn't get it to go back in gear without messing about work the feed shaft. I then turned the thing back on and heard this weird chatting noise. I don't know if it was the switch, contractors, or feed, but I decided to open it up on both sides to have a look. I found a broken gear that applies the rapid speed. Other than that it looks fine. One of the questions I have is, is it normal for the low/high speed ratchet clutch to engage like that? You can see in the picture that it looks like the flats are out of alignment. When I rotate the feed shaft, they line up after a second or two. My other question, is this thing designed to have feed speeds changed while it's running? It seems like it should be. Lastly, do you think I broke it by having it not fully out of the low setting? It does say that it "must" be in nuetral while shifting the tumbler. Thanks in advance.
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