Nope. I forgot to pull the pin once after I changed out a collet and I hit the switch. It made a funky noise and bent the pin and I was never able to get it to lock again after that.
Rikon bearing replacement
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I just uploaded my pix on fb. And tagged you on em...
Oh my goodness!!!! Rikon is sending me a new shaft and both bearings!!!! Woooo
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I've heard nothing but good about them and this is another nod to them!!
Super cool man
YIPEEE!!!
Way cool. If you decide not to keep the old shaft and bearings around as spare parts please let me know, I've got a home built machine in my head for a specialty thing I do that those would allow me to build.......
Sounds good. I'll let ya know after the rebuild ....
Yipeee!! The lathe is up n running great again.
I found out upon comparing the shafts that there is a spacer that is supposed to be sticking up/out on the inside of the right side of the shaft...
As you can see there. The old one on the right. New on the left.
In the picture at the bottom, you see a spacer that was part of the mold(?) And on the old one, it's worn down...
That spacer is the same amount of sided to side movent that it was doing.
Case closed....
Thanks for the help!!
I found out upon comparing the shafts that there is a spacer that is supposed to be sticking up/out on the inside of the right side of the shaft...
As you can see there. The old one on the right. New on the left.
In the picture at the bottom, you see a spacer that was part of the mold(?) And on the old one, it's worn down...
That spacer is the same amount of sided to side movent that it was doing.
Case closed....
Thanks for the help!!
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This is the new one...
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Old one...
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I think on yours, you may have sheared the pin not the gears...the gears are nice and solid, where as the pin is a little softer...
Colin, I'd like to keep the bearings, but the shaft is yours if you want it....
Sure, that works. I'm sure I can get a couple bearings locally. It won't be powered so I don't need expensive ones.
Ok...I'll ship it soon...
No hurry, It'll take a bit to build the rest of the machine
I removed the pin and it was bent but it didn't look sheered. I will have to take a closer look when I get a chance and probably pull the shaft.
I had a Jet mini lathe & let it run with a bad bearing to long & it wore down the spindle shaft which I had to replace.