Hydrashift Crossfeed Parts

Thanks Jack!
The screw/threads seem to be in nearly unused condition
So, my cross feed handle appears to be like yours but has no number on it. Is the taper pin hole in your cross feed handle drilled off center?
Also according to the parts diagram the small bushing with the key way in it, is missing, presumably to eliminate the friction from the bend in the shaft. Do you have any idea what material yours was made of?
Thanks, Howard
 
Thanks Jack!
The screw/threads seem to be in nearly unused condition
So, my cross feed handle appears to be like yours but has no number on it. Is the taper pin hole in your cross feed handle drilled off center?
Also according to the parts diagram the small bushing with the key way in it, is missing, presumably to eliminate the friction from the bend in the shaft. Do you have any idea what material yours was made of?
Thanks, Howard
I think it's fairly common to have tapered pins a bit off center, which means they will only work in one position on the shaft. Not sure how mine was on the feed handle. I have to take my cross feed apart in the near future to figure out why I have some forward/back slop in the whole assembly. I'm thinking it's a loose bolt somewhere in the system. I'll check out the bushing at that time.
Jack
 
Ok, I suppose I can see the logic in that. I guess it doesn't really matter why the shaft for a machine without a taper attachment would be drilled differently than one with an attachment. Who knows maybe they just freehand them. Regardless, I believe that the misalignment was the cause of the shaft being bent. Whenever the shaft was replaced they tried to drive the pin in using a large hammer. It mushroomed the top of the pin, bent the pin into an S shape and bent the shaft.
Good luck finding the slop in your machine, and thanks for checking the bushing.
hh
 
As a follow up; It a night and day difference! Endplay is roughly .020 and the difficulty turning the hand wheel has been reduced significantly. I can still feel a slight amount of out of roundness in one spot so I plan on pulling the screw and reworking it.
I made my first long cut on a excavator pin last week. I hope the taper is the result of twist. I used a chicom torpedo level across the flats of the carriage, to level it.
 
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