Uglydog (Daryl) and I have been discussing how the indexing pin on the VN dividing head is supposed to work. He sent me photos of his assembly; showing that my pin assembly is not fully extending and cannot index into any holes on the index plates.
The index assembly is spring loaded, when you want to turn the pin a number of full turns, you pull on the knurled knob to retract the pin and give it a quarter turn to lock it into the retracted position.
I have a burr or damage inside the assembly and need to take it apart for repair. Any insight on how to accomplish this with the least amount of damage to the assembly would be appreciated.
Here are some photos:
Here you can see the pin partly extended; I think it’s being held up by a burr or damage inside the knob
After some hand work with a file and with the smack of a dead-blow hammer, here is the pin fully extended. This is the goal, to have the pin and body proud of the knob assembly so that the pin will enter into the holes on the dividing plates.
There is a slot on the inside of the body, I am guessing that this guide pin slides inside the slot. There is something stopping the knob from fully sliding into position. The outline of this pin is only on this side of the knob.
I don't know if there is a limit to the number of photos per post. I'll continue in the next post
The index assembly is spring loaded, when you want to turn the pin a number of full turns, you pull on the knurled knob to retract the pin and give it a quarter turn to lock it into the retracted position.
I have a burr or damage inside the assembly and need to take it apart for repair. Any insight on how to accomplish this with the least amount of damage to the assembly would be appreciated.
Here are some photos:
Here you can see the pin partly extended; I think it’s being held up by a burr or damage inside the knob
After some hand work with a file and with the smack of a dead-blow hammer, here is the pin fully extended. This is the goal, to have the pin and body proud of the knob assembly so that the pin will enter into the holes on the dividing plates.
There is a slot on the inside of the body, I am guessing that this guide pin slides inside the slot. There is something stopping the knob from fully sliding into position. The outline of this pin is only on this side of the knob.
I don't know if there is a limit to the number of photos per post. I'll continue in the next post