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All,
I am a lathe newbie, so bear with me. My end gears have been noiser than I was used to so I took the cover off to oil them. When I did, I noticed that the gear in the bottom of the photo was touching the bigger gear towards the outside of the lathe and that was the source of the noise. I tapped the little gear back in a bit and the noise went away. I noticed that there appears to be a tapped hole in the small gear for a set screw, but no screw is present. The gear does have a key that appears to be properly installed to keep it from spinning on the shaft, but nothing to keep the gear from sliding out.
I assumed I lost it, or it fell out or whatever, but I can't find it. I went to look it up in the manual in the parts diagrams I can't find evidence of the set screw in the Grizzle parts list. Looks to be a M6 setscrew to me. I assume I should acquire one and install it? I would normally just do that, but being that I can't find it in the parts list makes me wonder. I believe the gear I am referring is part #212 on page 90 and 91 of the manual.
Thanks for any help anyone can provide.
---Aaron
I am a lathe newbie, so bear with me. My end gears have been noiser than I was used to so I took the cover off to oil them. When I did, I noticed that the gear in the bottom of the photo was touching the bigger gear towards the outside of the lathe and that was the source of the noise. I tapped the little gear back in a bit and the noise went away. I noticed that there appears to be a tapped hole in the small gear for a set screw, but no screw is present. The gear does have a key that appears to be properly installed to keep it from spinning on the shaft, but nothing to keep the gear from sliding out.
I assumed I lost it, or it fell out or whatever, but I can't find it. I went to look it up in the manual in the parts diagrams I can't find evidence of the set screw in the Grizzle parts list. Looks to be a M6 setscrew to me. I assume I should acquire one and install it? I would normally just do that, but being that I can't find it in the parts list makes me wonder. I believe the gear I am referring is part #212 on page 90 and 91 of the manual.
Thanks for any help anyone can provide.
---Aaron