Mr_CNC_guy
Cast Iron
- Joined
- Jul 29, 2018
- Location
- New England
I am doing a paint job on my 10ee. I removed all of the
handles for convenience. All of the taper pins knocked
out without too much difficulty except for one. That one
I had to drill out.
Now comes reassembly and they all go together OK except for
that one. The taper pin will not go in. Clearly the lever
and the shaft do not align.
Here is a #4 taper pin in the lever and in the shaft.
They both seem to fit OK.
Here is an attempt to fit them together. The pin only begins
to enter the hole in the shaft. There are no burs. I have
cleaned both things with a tapered reamer.
The original pin is in small pieces and was clearly too short
to go all the way through. It must have been pounded in.
I can use a taper reamer to make the new pin fit but I worry
that the alignment of the lever and the shaft will be wrong.
If I force the taper in as it is the lever engaging pin
will not close over the notch in the housing. The lever
will not lock in place. That is clearly bad.
It is likely that the lever was swapped between some other
10ee sometimes in the past. Unfortunately I only have this
one 10ee.
How can I get the correct alignment between the lever and
the shaft? Do I have to take apart the gearbox to check
the gear alignment? Is this a critical adjustment?
handles for convenience. All of the taper pins knocked
out without too much difficulty except for one. That one
I had to drill out.
Now comes reassembly and they all go together OK except for
that one. The taper pin will not go in. Clearly the lever
and the shaft do not align.
Here is a #4 taper pin in the lever and in the shaft.
They both seem to fit OK.
Here is an attempt to fit them together. The pin only begins
to enter the hole in the shaft. There are no burs. I have
cleaned both things with a tapered reamer.
The original pin is in small pieces and was clearly too short
to go all the way through. It must have been pounded in.
I can use a taper reamer to make the new pin fit but I worry
that the alignment of the lever and the shaft will be wrong.
If I force the taper in as it is the lever engaging pin
will not close over the notch in the housing. The lever
will not lock in place. That is clearly bad.
It is likely that the lever was swapped between some other
10ee sometimes in the past. Unfortunately I only have this
one 10ee.
How can I get the correct alignment between the lever and
the shaft? Do I have to take apart the gearbox to check
the gear alignment? Is this a critical adjustment?
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