Is this rattling normal? Logan 210

wachuko said:
Would be good if you can try to narrow down where the noise is coming from.
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Just now, I jammed a thin wood wedge between the bull gear and the pulley/sheave piece and the noise disappeared. So the looseness there-the pin and hole allow some play- must be the cause of the rattling.
Not a long-term solution, for sure...and I'll have to remember to get that wedge out of there before engaging the back gears!
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wachuko said:
I have some as well... let me share a video... but still, it is much, much quieter when running than the video you showed...
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Thanks for that. Your bull gear and sheaves have less play than mine- moving relative to each other. I can move my pulleys about "half a tooth' relative to the bull gear. However, you also seem to have some "left-right" play with the bull gear moving on the spindle, or the spindle moving in the bearings (?) - my machine doesn't have that.
 
VicHobbyGuy said:
...However, you also seem to have some "left-right" play with the bull gear moving on the spindle, or the spindle moving in the bearings (?) - my machine doesn't have that.
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Great! Now I am not going to sleep well... :D
 
wachuko said:
Great! Now I am not going to sleep well... :D
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Actually, I wasn't correct in saying that - my machine has a bit of L-R play, but it seems like less than yours. If the setscrew for the bull gear on the spindle is tight, I wouldn't worry! Sleep well! :)
 
Must be an extreme amount of wear on that pin and/or the hole- of course it does transmit all the force from pulley to spindle
 
markba633csi said:
Must be an extreme amount of wear on that pin and/or the hole- of course it does transmit all the force from pulley to spindle
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I don't think the wear or 'play' necessarily reflects high forces - perhaps just 80 years of rattling back and forth - millions of times?

At the Logan group at groups.io Scott Logan mentioned that some of the Logan models had a fiber washer between the bull gear and the pulley, so perhaps that was an attempt to address the rattling problem.
 
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