Peter from Holland
Diamond
- Joined
- Jan 15, 2005
- Location
- The Netherlands
Oke I have this FP3 in stock for some time now Not advertising with it yet as it needed some attention
Sold it anyhow Funtionalyties checked and a DRO installed
I knew it had a feed problem Not the sheerpin Well I ended up removing the lid of the lower gearbox
I did notice though that this was not the first time someone has worked on the machine
I did not notice anything out of the ordinairy So put it back together That is a bit of a pita because all 3 shifters have to be lined up
Well it turned out that twas the problem in the first place Shifters not lined up
Oke So far so good
Now we checked the speeds WTH the same problem
Oke We took of the lid and ligned up the shifters Not good
Second time No good eighter So after 5 attempts I noticed that when turning the spindle by hand I had some decent drag although the gears were out of mesh
Mmmmmm
Looked it over Checked it once more And a third time Nothing
But finaly I noticed the problem
The set of 3 gears the middle one turned freely
item 200130417 in the drawing
It looked like a key was sheared of
Well that involves some work
Taking the thing out is not that difficult
Remove both covers on the front and back of the machine
Gently tap out the shaft from the front and take out the gears
There it is
More to come
Peter
Sold it anyhow Funtionalyties checked and a DRO installed
I knew it had a feed problem Not the sheerpin Well I ended up removing the lid of the lower gearbox
I did notice though that this was not the first time someone has worked on the machine
I did not notice anything out of the ordinairy So put it back together That is a bit of a pita because all 3 shifters have to be lined up
Well it turned out that twas the problem in the first place Shifters not lined up
Oke So far so good
Now we checked the speeds WTH the same problem
Oke We took of the lid and ligned up the shifters Not good
Second time No good eighter So after 5 attempts I noticed that when turning the spindle by hand I had some decent drag although the gears were out of mesh
Mmmmmm
Looked it over Checked it once more And a third time Nothing
But finaly I noticed the problem
The set of 3 gears the middle one turned freely
item 200130417 in the drawing
It looked like a key was sheared of
Well that involves some work
Taking the thing out is not that difficult
Remove both covers on the front and back of the machine
Gently tap out the shaft from the front and take out the gears
There it is
More to come
Peter