Going to try to rebuild my 10L

Very nice work. It's coming together now and your going to love using it as I do mine.
 
Ed

I understand that you bought the rebuild book re: 10L. I have a 10L with a single lever gear box. There has always been quite a discussion among SB owners as t whether one should attempt to disassemble the box because of it's uniqueness and gear arrangement. I am attaching a file to this for you as you get along in the project. It covers a How To guide I wrote on the single lever box and posted on the Yahoo Southbend Heavy 10 site. It has been used by a lot of SB owners in tackling their similar gear box. If you have any questions regarding the project please do not hesitate to get in touch with me.

Good luck to you...

Eric
 

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Eric

I already rebuilt the gear box it wasn't too bad, the biggest problem I had was with the needle bearings but I got them replaced and everything came out all right. Thanks for the write up, nice job Eric, I saved it for future reference.
 
You are welcome. I noticed that you do not a threading chart on the front of the box. If you want one, I believe they are available. Nice looking machine. I like the tach. pickup. I bought a handheld tach. so I can check the rpms. I have two SB's and a Millrite Mill so I didn't want to put tachs. on all of them. Are you still using the fiber bearing SB used on the end of the spindle. I employed a thrust bearing for mind and I believe it runs much better now. I have a How To file showing how I did that if you are interested.

Eric
 
I've been working on my 10L for a few months now and am just starting to reassemble. I did order the plate for the gearbox and it goes on really slick. gear box plate.jpg
 
I have the thrust bearings on my spindle and I also have all the metal tags for the lathe, I am just trying some different methods to refinish them. Thanks again for all the help guys.
 
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