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I put this here, because the G4003G lathes may have the same issue.
My Shopfox M1112G (built and used since 2011), has been getting noisier lately. Today I got a chance to dig into it. I opened up the QCGB, and found it completely dry. There is nothing getting oil inside the QCGB. I should have taken pics, but did not have my phone with me.
On the right side, I found there is a cover that has the two oil ports, the top on leads to a port on the QCGB, and then drips straight down to the two output gears, it looked to be working, but only affected the two gears.
The lower port should have led to another port on the QCGB, but the cover was not cut flat, so the inside of the port, did not touch the side of the QCGB, so the oil just went straight down the outside of the QCGB. Nothing was making it to the inside of the QCGB. It took a bit on the belt sander to get the inside of the cover flat.
The right side cover is easy to remove, to see if yours has the same condition.
My poor diagrams, attempt to show the way the oil should go (red line), but with the inside not being flat, the oil just dripped down the inside (Blue lines)
Besides taking a look at the right cover, I would suggest removing the front cover, to examine the gears.
My Shopfox M1112G (built and used since 2011), has been getting noisier lately. Today I got a chance to dig into it. I opened up the QCGB, and found it completely dry. There is nothing getting oil inside the QCGB. I should have taken pics, but did not have my phone with me.
On the right side, I found there is a cover that has the two oil ports, the top on leads to a port on the QCGB, and then drips straight down to the two output gears, it looked to be working, but only affected the two gears.
The lower port should have led to another port on the QCGB, but the cover was not cut flat, so the inside of the port, did not touch the side of the QCGB, so the oil just went straight down the outside of the QCGB. Nothing was making it to the inside of the QCGB. It took a bit on the belt sander to get the inside of the cover flat.
The right side cover is easy to remove, to see if yours has the same condition.
My poor diagrams, attempt to show the way the oil should go (red line), but with the inside not being flat, the oil just dripped down the inside (Blue lines)
Besides taking a look at the right cover, I would suggest removing the front cover, to examine the gears.