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Forum: Troubleshooting Wed 17 November 2010, 23:08
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Posted By Gerald D
That was the old-fashioned way and that style of...

That was the old-fashioned way and that style of grubscrew was notorious for working loose. The most popular screws today have a knurled cup at the end.
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Forum: Troubleshooting Wed 17 November 2010, 11:59
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Posted By Gerald D
Sorry, couldn't resist the string snark :o ...

Sorry, couldn't resist the string snark :o

If the metal/metal contact is "wallowing out", it can only help if you double the number of those interfaces.....a second screw hole.

A pre-machined...
Forum: Troubleshooting Wed 17 November 2010, 11:11
Replies: 41
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Posted By Gerald D
We do wet the shaft & pinion with Loctite, in...

We do wet the shaft & pinion with Loctite, in addition to the threads, and a puller has always shifted the pinion later, without applying heat. But I can't remember the specific number of the Loctite...
Forum: Troubleshooting Wed 17 November 2010, 10:27
Replies: 41
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Posted By Gerald D
how long is a piece of string?

how long is a piece of string?
Forum: Troubleshooting Wed 17 November 2010, 09:37
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Posted By Gerald D
If you have large pinions (on geared/belted...

If you have large pinions (on geared/belted motors) the screw holes are deep enough to get a pair of screws into the same hole, on top of each other. But there is no harm in a second hole, 90 deg...
Forum: Troubleshooting Wed 17 November 2010, 08:58
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Posted By Gerald D
Snag is that you may want to swop motors and...

Snag is that you may want to swop motors and pinions around the various axes, where the pinion position on the shaft varies a bit. Or you simply want to replace a pinion 5 years down the line. Then a...
Forum: Troubleshooting Wed 17 November 2010, 01:19
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Posted By Gerald D
Alan was the first to suggest that you had a...

Alan was the first to suggest that you had a loose pinion ;)

Funny thing is that the grubscrew issue occurs close to the point of the motor changing direction, but never at that exact point.
Forum: Troubleshooting Wed 10 November 2010, 22:30
Replies: 41
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Posted By Gerald D
After a divot, did the machine recover to the...

After a divot, did the machine recover to the correct position by itself, or did you have to do a manual reset? For the time being, I assume that it recovered by itself, and that points to good...
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