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Here's Dr Fiero 's http://www.hobby-machinist.com/threads/belts-and-why-nobody-changes-them.13084/
Same lathe but I'll add some extra notes. I have a sad belt and leaky seals, so I have the same problems. He mentioned a plug. I thank him for his heads up. On mine to pull the jackshaft, I had to clean the putty off where the pivot shaft goes into the housing, there was no plug. Instead I got lucky, there was a threaded hole in the shaft, 8mm. I cleaned the threads up and used a 8" long piece of 8mm redi-rod and a 6" long piece of 3/4" pipe as a puller . Don't forget the set screw on the underside, above the motor. If you doing one,make sure you grease the redi-rod. It was a hard pull and the nut/redi-rod will gall . The jack shaft was just a push out. I'll replace the Polish bearings. #6204ZZ . Twenty-five years is good service.
Tomorrow I'll tackle the back gear shaft.
Same lathe but I'll add some extra notes. I have a sad belt and leaky seals, so I have the same problems. He mentioned a plug. I thank him for his heads up. On mine to pull the jackshaft, I had to clean the putty off where the pivot shaft goes into the housing, there was no plug. Instead I got lucky, there was a threaded hole in the shaft, 8mm. I cleaned the threads up and used a 8" long piece of 8mm redi-rod and a 6" long piece of 3/4" pipe as a puller . Don't forget the set screw on the underside, above the motor. If you doing one,make sure you grease the redi-rod. It was a hard pull and the nut/redi-rod will gall . The jack shaft was just a push out. I'll replace the Polish bearings. #6204ZZ . Twenty-five years is good service.
Tomorrow I'll tackle the back gear shaft.