New mill Wells-Index 745

Next up is the handle that lowers the spindle, the handle is easily removed by unscrewing it...
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That was as far as I got on this mechanism, the heavy cast cover held on by the 3 nuts seemed stuck... I will come back to it. Any tips?

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Well guys that's as far as I got more next time... until then let me know of you have any disassembally tips?
 
That yellow grease looks just like mine did

Looking good thanks for all the pictures
 
Hi guys, happy Easter to everyone.

I spent a little more time working on the head today. It took much longer than it should have since I don't have any sort of guide to tell me how to take things apart. But hopefully this thread will help others with future head tear downs.

So picking up where I left off I removed the gears.
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The gears all came out easily, I just pulled them all put by hand once the cover was off.
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Next up was the downfeed mechanism... I spent way to long trying to figure out how to get the spindle out and finally determined I needed to take this apart first. The next issue was getting the cover off... it seemed like it would not come off and I wanted to be carful not to break anything. After spending way too long delicately playing with it I used a pry bar and it came off no problem.
Here is the order of components:
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This part has a grove that the coiled up spring sits into...
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I couldn't quite figure out how to get the rest of this mechanism out yet... so I will come back to it next time.

Next up was the spindle, basically I was able to push it all the way down and out (took some force near the end of its travel).
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The spindle itself spins very smooth and easily so I will leave it alone.
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If anyone has any tear down tips for removing the remaining parts in the head please let me know.

Can't wait to get it all apart so I can priperly clean out all that nasty/ sticky yellow grease.
 

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Thank you for the pictures. It will help when I put mine back together.
From your picture where you took the bolt that holds the downfeed fork I can see that mine does not sit down as far as yours.
I must have the shaft in wrong but I can only make it go in one way.
I will wait until you get the next part cleaned a maybe it will become clear
Thanks for taking the time posting the pictures
Paul
 
No problem, glad I can be a help. Sorry I am so slow my workshop time is quite limited and it also takes me while to figure out how to take everything apart with no guide and I have to be very cautious not to break anything.

Next time my challenge will be to figure out how to get that pivoting fork off the shaft, You can not just pull it off as it gets stuck against the housing. I need to figure out how to seperate the pivoting fork from the bushing that is around the shaft.... all that sticky yellow grease makes it hard to see!
 
That fork is will come off the shaft. Looks like is the grease is holding it on. Just the fork push it off the bushing
 
Hi guys, I spent a little more time tearing down the head today.

I had to remove a small pin that held this kob on the end of this shaft.
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I was then able to drive that shaft out.

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Once that shaft was removed the gear that lowers the quill was freed-up but Because of that pivot fork I could not get it out. The pivot fork cannot be removed from the shaft as far as I can tell. I could of course drill out the pivot points but I am very reluctant to use such agressive measures to take things apart.

Pictures of the pivot fork and gear that I cannot get out.

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I also can't seem to get this little worm gear out... despite the fact that I already removed what seems to be 2 retaining screws that hold it in place.

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If anyone has taken one of these heads apart before and can give me some advise on how to remove these two components that would be greatly appreciated as I can't move forward until I figure this out.
 
That fork will come off the shaft by itself then the shaft pulls out. That is where I am stuck. I can't get the fork back in to housing far enough to screw the retaining clip back in. Here are a few pictures
 

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