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A friend of mine was operating my G4003g lathe the other day. When he was finished with it, I went to get on it. The on/off lever now travels all the way down to the chip pan and the lathe turns off. I removed the switch cover and inspected it.
Of course the little cam that's on the end of the shaft that has the lobe to make contact with the appropriate switch for forward/reverse/off was out of timing. I loosened the setscrew and reset the position so it does what it's suppose to. But the power lever is still able to go down all the way to the chip pan, which causes the roller switch to go past the "on" point of the cam and it powers off, unless I lift the lever a bit. The lever also goes up to and can touch the leadscrew in the reverse position.
I don't think I'm crazy, as I don't ever recall the lever having that much travel. So what should I be looking for to stop this over travel of the lever???
Of course the little cam that's on the end of the shaft that has the lobe to make contact with the appropriate switch for forward/reverse/off was out of timing. I loosened the setscrew and reset the position so it does what it's suppose to. But the power lever is still able to go down all the way to the chip pan, which causes the roller switch to go past the "on" point of the cam and it powers off, unless I lift the lever a bit. The lever also goes up to and can touch the leadscrew in the reverse position.
I don't think I'm crazy, as I don't ever recall the lever having that much travel. So what should I be looking for to stop this over travel of the lever???