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- Feb 19, 2014
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Thank you sdelivery. I actually figured out what was going on. I took the dial off the collar and re assembled it without it and was able to see what the problem was. The previous owner only had one shim between the dial and the collar, nowhere near enough. I thought my ways had so much wear and thats why it was so hard to turn so I never looked into or noticed anything with the collar. This past weekend I noticed that the backlash was getting worse so I started watching the dial and thats when I noticed it was making contact. So I guess from the contact the 3/4" nut on the handle backed itself off and there was so much backlash and it was feeding itself in and out which made me catch was the actual problem was thankfully. Thank you for all the help and suggestions. I called H&W and they suggested putting everything back together without the dial which made the problem really apparent and helped rule out the bearings being the issue. They are super nice there.