My Ballscrew Conversion

Sounds as if the yoke comes out with the X ballscrew still in the nut/yoke but you must have to remove the Y ballscrew first? That's where I can imagine the balls flying out and looking for a deep, dirty hole to hide in. I was wondering how you did this. I see the Y nuts go into the yoke sideways.

Murray


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Apparently my reading comprehension is lacking. You were asking about the Y axis, but I just wen't yammering on about the X axis.

The Y axis just feeds in from the front after then yoke is in place. I drive the ballnuts almost to the far end of the screw, feed it into the knee, then bring it across to slide into the yoke. Actually not as hard as it sounds with a flashlight shining up from the bottom. Once that is in, I use an hex drive socket and a long extension to put the SHCSs into the flange to secure it to the yoke. Ideally I will never have to dismount the ballnuts from the screw again.
 
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