Re: [Emc-users] Lathe spindle bearing problems

[Marius L. <ma...@ma...>]

On 2014-11-27 18:24, andy pugh wrote:
> On 27 November 2014 at 16:13, Marius Liebenberg <ma...@ma...> wrote:
>> BVC25A
> That looks like a very close relative of mine.
> On mine there were oilers on top of the head casting. Once I removed
> the oilers and drilled the holes deep enough to reach the bearings I
> had a way to inject insufficient quantities of the incorrect
> lubricant.
Mine does not even have an attempt of any oiler ports of any nature 
anywhere. Dont know how they expect the thing to last anyway. I will 
have to make a plan somehow to get lubricant into the bearings. Maybe 
fit a grease nipple somewhere on the inside of the casing close to the 
bearings.

> To remove the spindle on mine you have to remove the adjusting nut
> from the end of the spindle, then the pulleys, and the spindle can be
> driven out with a heavy, soft, mallet.
>
> A threaded-rod puller might be gentler.
>
> On mine the bearings are taper-rollers. I wonder what yours are?
>
> I guess it is now too late to warn you not to  buy one of those lathes?
>

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Regards /Groete

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