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Kind of winging it here, but how about taking the knee to the top of travel and blocking it with a wood block at the bottom. Remove the cap screws on the knee nut and spin it by hand up the screw. If it moves easily you're burr and chip free.
If that's the case, spin the nut back in place and loosely install the nut cap screws. Run the table down and watch the nut. If it shifts back and forth, the screw may be bent. You'd think it'd move in the same spot on the screw if that's the case.
With the knee blocked up, you could turn the crank and watch the screw and see if it's orbiting.
To check the table up/down on the ways, maybe use an engine hoist from above and slowly lift the table through it's range of travel. Look for hard spots on the way up or down.
Good luck!
Bruce
If that's the case, spin the nut back in place and loosely install the nut cap screws. Run the table down and watch the nut. If it shifts back and forth, the screw may be bent. You'd think it'd move in the same spot on the screw if that's the case.
With the knee blocked up, you could turn the crank and watch the screw and see if it's orbiting.
To check the table up/down on the ways, maybe use an engine hoist from above and slowly lift the table through it's range of travel. Look for hard spots on the way up or down.
Good luck!
Bruce