[How do I?] Take this part of the quick change box apart?

Kudos for your success outside the box!

As for your next question, it's kind an interesting problem. Might you able to disassemble the rest of the plunger, leaving the pin and the small shaft (37) permanently in place? If so, you could simply treat parts 24, 37 and 38 as a single unit. What I can see of the parts diagram doesn't seem to show any features on 37 that would permanently hold on to the other parts (31 thru 36).

If you absolutely have to remove 38, you might be able to do so by drilling a smaller diameter hole from the opposite side and using some kind of drift to knock it out. By making a smaller hole, whatever feature keeps the pin from going in too deeply would still be largely there.

I thought I might be able to disassemble the rest of the plunger based on the diagram, but I cannot for the life of me see how I can. I have looked over the entire plunger and I cannot see how it comes apart. The rest of the diagram (below) makes me think that part 32 is another pin that holds the outside of the plunger on, but I don't see it on my plunger. I think this might be one of those parts is actually "different" than what is shown. They even say that in the manual that some parts might be different.

Thinking about how the actuation of the plunger works and the diagram, the handle 31 has to be attached to 37 somehow or else the spring would actually be pushing the plunger away instead of pulling it closer. Maybe the handle screws into 37?

If I have to start cutting and or modifying things, I will probably just live with it. I have put the plunger and the yoke in my parts cleaner, and it seems to be moving slightly better, but I can tell its not totally clean inside because it still spits out rusty colored oil and has some drag whenever I actuate the plunger.

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You could drill pin #38 and maybe use an ezy-out.
Or drill through the full length of the pin but not the hole it is in, (might be hard to gauge). Then use grease and a neat fitting punch to hydraulic it out.
Or drill it as close as you can to the diameter and just collapse the wall.
Or drill it oversize and replace with a larger pin.

Cheers Phil

This scares me as I have no idea how deep the whole goes. I might drill right through the piece that is being held in place.
 
....If I have to start cutting and or modifying things, I will probably just live with it. I have put the plunger and the yoke in my parts cleaner, and it seems to be moving slightly better, but I can tell its not totally clean inside because it still spits out rusty colored oil and has some drag whenever I actuate the plunger...

if you are reluctant to go further with disassembly, then persevere with putting light oil into the plunger assembly from where it passes inside 24 and repeatedly actuating the plunger, it will likely gradually loosen up.
pete
 
pin 22 looks a similar length in the drawing.
work out how you think pin 38 is likely to be holding what ever it is holding
you should be able to make a good estimate of the pin length and drill the pin out.
pete
Good idea, but unfortunately, Jmanb13 stated in his original post that he didn't have pin 22 :(
Also fun note, pin (22) was absent. The hole is there, but the pin was either misplaced/fell out/never installed
I've pretty much run out of ideas by now. Jmanb13, my sincerest best wishes for figuring this one out, or for somebody here who's brilliant and/or has experience with the same lathe.
 
Thanks for the help guys! I'm just not going to worry about taking the plunger apart. With some soaking in the parts cleaner and some actuating of plunger it moves well enough for government work. It just doesn't have the smooth silkiness of movement like the rest of the things I have taken apart cleaned and reworked.
 
Did you try unscrewing it?

I have not. I honestly don't see how I would grab part 37 since it only sticks out about 1/4" inside of the yoke. The only external parts that can be touched spin together as 1 piece.
 
How about polishing the larger diameter on the end of the handle with some emery or similar and looking very closely for a pin end.
 
="Jmanb13, post: 450477, member: 43278"]In my quest to take apart every major component of my lathe and clean it, I am now down to one of the final parts, the quick change gear box.

BTW if you think I'm crazy for taking all this stuff apart, lets just say nothing on this lathe could be operated effectively (aka sh*t was stuck in place). You can see how gross it is in the picture below, and that is after I already cleaned it as effectively as I could before I started taking it apart. Most of this machine required me to use a screw driver to carefully scrape away hard grime before I could even tell the difference between the castings and a bolt, nut, or screw.

Back on topic.

I got all the gears removed but I cannot for the life of me figure out how to get the tumbler gear (21) out so that I can remove the yoke (24). The yoke sits on cylinder (30) but the tumbler gear prevents it from sliding off either end without being removed.

I know I have to remove the shaft (23) but seeing as it is inside of a very tight space inside of the gear box, its not like I can get a hammer or punch to either side of it and actually be able to tap it.

Anyone have any ideas on how I would remove the tumbler gear shaft (23)?

Also fun note, pin (22) was absent. The hole is there, but the pin was either misplaced/fell out/never installed


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That's nothing. Looks pretty clean to me... Mine looked like this SDC11319.JPG
And it wound up looking like this after it took a shower
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