Hello everyone,
I'm new here and hoping I can get some help. I recently acquired an 11" Logan Powermatic lathe that I'm guessing is one of their last models from the early 80's. I want to completely go through it and clean and adjust everything. I want to start by removing the quick change gearbox and cleaning the years of chips and sludge out of it. In order to do that, I need to remove the banjo assembly so I can free the gearbox. I'm not sure how to get it off though. From looking at the manual, it seems that the bearing on the outside of the gear is threaded onto the shaft and holding the gear in place. I don't know if that is correct or not, but at any rate I can't figure out how to get the gear off so I can remove the guard piece closest to the headstock so I can get the gearbox off. The attached photo has the gear and bearing I'm talking about circled in red. I have removed the nut on the bearing, but it doesn't seem to help at all. Does anyone know how to remove it?
Thanks in advance,
Dave
I'm new here and hoping I can get some help. I recently acquired an 11" Logan Powermatic lathe that I'm guessing is one of their last models from the early 80's. I want to completely go through it and clean and adjust everything. I want to start by removing the quick change gearbox and cleaning the years of chips and sludge out of it. In order to do that, I need to remove the banjo assembly so I can free the gearbox. I'm not sure how to get it off though. From looking at the manual, it seems that the bearing on the outside of the gear is threaded onto the shaft and holding the gear in place. I don't know if that is correct or not, but at any rate I can't figure out how to get the gear off so I can remove the guard piece closest to the headstock so I can get the gearbox off. The attached photo has the gear and bearing I'm talking about circled in red. I have removed the nut on the bearing, but it doesn't seem to help at all. Does anyone know how to remove it?
Thanks in advance,
Dave