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Hopefully you have a stable situation now -- but, not knowing the exact cause, it could very well come back. In the meantime, make some stuff 
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Spindle play
- Thread starter Garagedweller
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Well, don`t know what to say. It sort of fixed itself. Went out to tear it apart. For the sixth time I think. Thought I`d take some pics for you. Took the gearbox of the tower and loosened the nut on the top. Then I felt the spindle was ok
Just a little play, turned it and the play was gone. Couldn`t understand. Put the gearbox, I call it that because the it`s part of the gearbox but also holds the spindle back and the spacer on top and the nut. A very small amount of play was back. Tightened the nu a little. Less play. Tightened it a bit more. Gone. By this I have to deduce that it was a matter of tighteni g the nut just right but I don`t know. Have had it apart so many times now that I think I would have hit sweet spot a least one of those times. Waht else could it be? We`ll see if it holds. Put up a few pics; top bearing, bottom bearing and inside the gearbox.
Just a little play, turned it and the play was gone. Couldn`t understand. Put the gearbox, I call it that because the it`s part of the gearbox but also holds the spindle back and the spacer on top and the nut. A very small amount of play was back. Tightened the nu a little. Less play. Tightened it a bit more. Gone. By this I have to deduce that it was a matter of tighteni g the nut just right but I don`t know. Have had it apart so many times now that I think I would have hit sweet spot a least one of those times. Waht else could it be? We`ll see if it holds. Put up a few pics; top bearing, bottom bearing and inside the gearbox.
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Double post. Sorry.
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I think its gremlins, I once struggled for 3 hours getting a gearbox to align into the clutch on my car to no avail.
After much swearing and cussing I stopped for a cup of tea. When I went back it was perfectly aligned.
I think they got fed up waiting and left so it all worked as it should.
After much swearing and cussing I stopped for a cup of tea. When I went back it was perfectly aligned.
I think they got fed up waiting and left so it all worked as it should.
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Went out and did some milling after work today. The play is back. But I couldn`t see any bad results on the surface. Not that that means that it`s good considering my level of knowledge. Beginning to think one of the bearings has been damaged in the process of pressing them in and out so many times. I`ll go with this and replace them with new ones further on. Then I`ll make a series of pics showing what and how I do it.