What are we missing? 10K Gear Engagement

markz528 · Jan 28, 2020

My brother in law has a fairly new to him 10K. He sent me a text that totally confuses me - I tried to call him but did not reach him.

I don't know if he ever engaged the lead screw, but it does not look like the gears line up. What are we missing? I do know he had to fix the spindle, but doubt anything changed when he did that, but I don't know.

What are we missing?

johnoder · Jan 28, 2020

Like so on this 9" - if something needs to move, move it - like the head stock

markz528 · Jan 28, 2020

Great point! Thank you!

He must of slid the head stock over when he was repairing the spindle. I hope that he did not bang on the spindle!

I thought that the head stock was fixed with bolts to the ways but now I see that is not the case.

SLK001 · Jan 28, 2020

You're missing something like an 80 tooth idler. It will bridge between the reversing gears and the spur gear.

SLK001 · Jan 28, 2020

Here's what you are missing:

CWC(4) · Jan 29, 2020

Here's a picture of the gear train on my 10K.
I believe your headstock casting should be flush with the end of the bed and correct me if I'm wrong, the power to the switch doesn't belong behind the banjo.
Hope this helps.
CWC(4)
ps. don't know why these photos are turned 90 degrees from photos I uploaded, but can't seem to do anything about it.

Derek Smalls · Jan 29, 2020

If you are missing the idler gear and it's mounting hardware, send me a pm, I have some spare parts.

If you have the parts, make adjustments as others have said and all should be good.

markz528 · Jan 29, 2020

johnoder said:
Like so on this 9" - if something needs to move, move it - like the head stock

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Yup - you nailed it. Looks like the head stock was loose since he bought it last year. He said that before he fixed the spindle (and he did not bang on it!) the gear engagement was minimal.

Today he found that the front bolt was totally loose and the other was not tight enough either. He located the head stock properly, tightened the bolts and all is good! Thanks for all the help!

As far as pics being rotated, I cannot figure out how to do it correctly in W10. W10 has its own mind on that......... I have to rotate the pics in W7 to get them to post properly.

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