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Followed by death of the motor on my G4003.
Was finishing up a piece of aluminum, moved the lever to the forward position and got a hum after an initial jolt to the spindle. Shut it off, manually turned the spindile to see if the gears were jammed. They weren't.
Tried forward again and it worked, reverse worked. Was thinking "Now I should take the headstock apart and see what is grabbing." Put on the 4-jaw, faced a piece of SS stock, measured, moved to forward again and...
Hum of death again. Spindle was not moving, in either forward or reverse. Kept trying the direction lever on the apron, attempting to discern if the hum was coming from the motor or not.
And then the hum stopped. Enter explitive here.
Lights come on/stay on. The switch clicks when the lever is moved to either forward and reverse. Nothing from the motor.
I have yet to start testing. Where would you start?
This may be an opportunity to upgrade the motor but I will start another thread for that.
Was finishing up a piece of aluminum, moved the lever to the forward position and got a hum after an initial jolt to the spindle. Shut it off, manually turned the spindile to see if the gears were jammed. They weren't.
Tried forward again and it worked, reverse worked. Was thinking "Now I should take the headstock apart and see what is grabbing." Put on the 4-jaw, faced a piece of SS stock, measured, moved to forward again and...
Hum of death again. Spindle was not moving, in either forward or reverse. Kept trying the direction lever on the apron, attempting to discern if the hum was coming from the motor or not.
And then the hum stopped. Enter explitive here.
Lights come on/stay on. The switch clicks when the lever is moved to either forward and reverse. Nothing from the motor.
I have yet to start testing. Where would you start?
This may be an opportunity to upgrade the motor but I will start another thread for that.