Hey y'all,
My FP2 is the external motor version, 400mm X travel, serial #5415. This is 1966 vintage, according to FS.
At some point I noticed that there's a bit of a "clunk" in my Y-axis handwheel sometimes, perhaps when I switch from power feed to hand feed and/or reverse hand feed direction.
On investigation I found there's a bit of endplay on the Y-axis shaft from the handwheel to the bevel gear (I assume that's where it goes). I've been trying to figure out what the bearing arrangement there is like and how to get into it. The parts manual I have doesn't really have a good breakdown of this that I find, though maybe I'm overlooking it - it's happened before .
I assume there is a pair of thrust bearings there with a nut and a locknut, like e.g. on the X-axis handwheel. I did a search on the forum, but I can't find any good images or descriptions, alas.
Can anyone point me in the right direction?
Siggi
My FP2 is the external motor version, 400mm X travel, serial #5415. This is 1966 vintage, according to FS.
At some point I noticed that there's a bit of a "clunk" in my Y-axis handwheel sometimes, perhaps when I switch from power feed to hand feed and/or reverse hand feed direction.
On investigation I found there's a bit of endplay on the Y-axis shaft from the handwheel to the bevel gear (I assume that's where it goes). I've been trying to figure out what the bearing arrangement there is like and how to get into it. The parts manual I have doesn't really have a good breakdown of this that I find, though maybe I'm overlooking it - it's happened before .
I assume there is a pair of thrust bearings there with a nut and a locknut, like e.g. on the X-axis handwheel. I did a search on the forum, but I can't find any good images or descriptions, alas.
Can anyone point me in the right direction?
Siggi