The tailstock on my Shop Fox M1049 lathe is just about locked up. I'm fairly certain the problem is the ram (#451) is, for some reason, sticking in the tailstock body (#463). It takes a significant amount of force to turn the handwheel to get the ram to move outward. However, the handwheel (and I assume the lead screw) both turn easily for 3/4 of a rotation when reversing, but as the lead screw starts pulling on the ram, it gets just a difficult to turn the hand wheel.
This problem didn't exist when I first got the lathe, but seemed to get worse, quickly. The lathe is fairly new and hasn't seem much use, and I made sure to squirt oil in all the oilers before 1st use.
I'll have some time this coming week to try and disassemble the unit and diagnose the issue. Looking at the attached diagram, am I correct in assuming that part #459 (set screw) rides in the slot in part #451 (tailstock ram), preventing it from rotating? I want to make sure there isn't a key inside, or part of, the tailstock body before I start forcing things.
This problem didn't exist when I first got the lathe, but seemed to get worse, quickly. The lathe is fairly new and hasn't seem much use, and I made sure to squirt oil in all the oilers before 1st use.
I'll have some time this coming week to try and disassemble the unit and diagnose the issue. Looking at the attached diagram, am I correct in assuming that part #459 (set screw) rides in the slot in part #451 (tailstock ram), preventing it from rotating? I want to make sure there isn't a key inside, or part of, the tailstock body before I start forcing things.