Easy Fix For Oil Leak

[Groundhog]

Just got my new (to me) Central Machinery 12x36 lathe (like a Grizzly g4003) mounted on a stand and up and running properly. Rotation switch and power light problems fixed.

But when I ran it (no cutting, just watching it go round and round) gobs of oil was leaking from the head-stock oil seal. First thing I did was to look at the parts list. Not much help there. Called Grizzly to see if they had a new seal. They don't. Searched for info on replacing the seal. Didn't find much. So I took the top off of the gearbox to see if I could figure out what I needed to do to get it apart and install a new seal (if I could find one).

I discovered that the gearbox was not just full of clean oil, but 2-3 quarts over full! I siphoned the excess oil out and solved my oil leak problem! Not a drop leaked in my next test.

Some times I just plain get lucky!

 

[brino]

Gotta enjoy those easy victories.....there's never enough of them.
-brino

 

[dieselshadow]

I love an easy fix.

 

[jjtgrinder]

Just shows how persistence pays dividends! Good job!

 

[Tony Wells]

Demonstrates how much attention is paid while these things are being built. But, it's far better in most cases to have to much oil than too little!

 

[xaidin]

Wow, and don't just dump in the amount listed in the manual, those seem to be so wrong so often.