Possibly Buying A Ko Lee Grinder

[Holescreek]

I just googled "k.o. lee spindle bearing holescreek" and found the thread from 2008. Gotta love the internet.

Disassembly was pretty straight forward though removing the spindle from the housing was a bit tough. Sure enough there were Barden bearings inside as RJ predicted. I searched the web and visited the Barden site and did not find the bearing number to match the ones I took out (105FF). I ended up calling Motion Industries and talked to a person who understood what I needed and rifled through some catalogs. I was half expecting to hear that they were going to cost >$200 each when I hear her say $120 +shipping. $120 each? I ask. Nope, $120 for all 4.

My spindle most likely is different in some respects but here's how it went. After removing the wheel and hub in the front and the motor pulley and pulley spacer in the rear I was left with two spanner hubs on either end of the spindle.
I removed the two hubs and was left with seeing the spindle sticking out of bearings fron and back. The bad news was that the bearings were stuck pretty well. I used a brass hammer to tap the spindle from the back towards the front of the machine. The first bearing (closest to the wheel) was obviously bad and clicked when it spun. I had 4 bearings in total, two in each end of the spindle. Once the front bearings were removed I found a snap ring inside the front bore that would have kept the bearings from being tapped towards the back. I removed the ring and proceded to move the shaft towards the front. I probably could've/should've sent the shaft towards the back at that point, but it worked.

I took a piece of black pipe and turned it on the lathe to fit over the spindle and contact the inner race of the new bearings. After cleaning everything I put the front bearings on the spindle first, reinstalled the snap ring and inserted the spindle and finger tightened the spanner nut. I put the rear bearings onto the spindle while it was in the machine using the pipe and brass hammer to tap them into place. Then it was just a matter of replacing the rear spanner nut, tightening them to remove all end play and putting everything else I removed back.

The bearings I bought were pre-lubed and sealed.

 

[ranch23]

I just googled "k.o. lee spindle bearing holescreek" and found the thread from 2008. Gotta love the internet.

Thank You, I have a K O Lee B602. What a nice machine, I use it primarily to grind actions.

 

[metalmagpie]

Start by stoning the top of the table. Use a little kerosene and wipe the black crud often. Just take down the bumps and bruises. Put a precision level on the table and shim it dead level. Slowly crank the table end to end and watch the level. If it dive bombs at the ends the apron needs rescraping.