Got me a Heavy 10

[mattthemuppet2]

that's exactly what I did on my heavy 9. The collar had worn a groove into the cast iron face of the worm housing, so I faced that flat and reassembled everything to measure the gap between the collar and the new face of the housing. Then I made a washer to a smidge less than that thickness. Worked a charm to remove end play from the worm.

 

[tk1971]

Almost done with the apron.

First, I think the reason for that homemade washer was perhaps the right side worm collar wasn’t put in the same direction it came off. The hole drilled in for the pin is not centered, so flipping the collar around for assembly would result in too much play there. Here’s how it looks like now. It has very little play.



Here is a pic of my clutch oil washer. I was expecting to be round (like in the parts list and the Ilion book) but someone added teeth to it presumably to increase its ability to adhere to and throw around oil.

 

[SLK001]

Your apron doesn't seem to be showing a lot of wear. Was grease packed into it, too?

 

[tk1971]

Your apron doesn't seem to be showing a lot of wear. Was grease packed into it, too?

It was filthy, full of grease.

 

[tk1971]

Apron is done. Here’s a pic just before installing the cover, gasket with RTV.



While I’m waiting for a replacement 24t cone gear before I can reassemble the gearbox, I might as well work on the saddle and disassemble the spindle.

New felt pieces for the ways (previous ones were painted over).



I was actually apprehensive about taking apart the spindle. As it turns out, the gearbox was more difficult for me (so far.)

 

[SLK001]

I was actually apprehensive about taking apart the spindle. As it turns out, the gearbox was more difficult for me (so far.)

The gearbox seems to give a lot of people problems. There are a lot of "only one way" assembly techniques.

And be careful with the spindle parts. They are all CAST IRON.

Where are you getting your new gear?

 

[tk1971]

I ended up buying the whole cone assembly off eBay with the needed gear. I figure parts availability will be few and hard to come by, so I bit the bullet and clicked “Buy it Now”.

No kidding on that gearbox disassembly. I hope I can get it back together with minimum drama.

 

[tq60]

Here is what we did with our 14.5 years ago to remove some end play

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[tk1971]

Here is what we did with our 14.5 years ago to remove some end play

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Are those inserts Teflon or Delrin?

 

[tk1971]

Continuing with the spindle parts. Try as I may, I couldn’t leave it alone. I did something about that missing tooth on the bull gear. It’s not an ideal fix, but I think this should be sufficient for my occasional hobby use.