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Months ago I was gifted an Aloris BXA, the sliding gibs were pretty worn out that to lock a holder, the handle is close to 6 o'clock position. Aloris wanted 125 for the gibs and another 125 to install them. I got the gibs, and decided to do the installation myself. In retrospect, maybe I should have paid them, it took me quite a bit of time to file fit those gibs to sit in place for the cylinder screw to engage, and file fitted them some more for a brand new Aloris BXA tool holder to slide down the wedge. A surface grinder would have saved me lots of time.
Initially I was thinking about cross drilling a 5/8 bolt and press a pin trough it for special tool to go in from the top to disassemble the tool post. Rummaging through my bucket of nuts and washer for another project, I came across some washers for 1/2 inch bolts. I jammed a couple of them between 2 nuts and that contraption worked real well unscrewing the cylinder nut.
One thing I noticed the inside of the tool post was packed well with grease, so when I assembled the unit I gave the internals with a good coating of grease.
With the new gibs, the rebuilt BXA now clocks at about 4 o'clock when locking a holder, and with a well greased up internal, the handle operation is real smooth and solid.
Initially I was thinking about cross drilling a 5/8 bolt and press a pin trough it for special tool to go in from the top to disassemble the tool post. Rummaging through my bucket of nuts and washer for another project, I came across some washers for 1/2 inch bolts. I jammed a couple of them between 2 nuts and that contraption worked real well unscrewing the cylinder nut.
One thing I noticed the inside of the tool post was packed well with grease, so when I assembled the unit I gave the internals with a good coating of grease.
With the new gibs, the rebuilt BXA now clocks at about 4 o'clock when locking a holder, and with a well greased up internal, the handle operation is real smooth and solid.
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