Back Gear Locking Pin 101.07403

[Kroll]

Guys on my lathe the pin that locks the back gear to the spindle pulley keeps popping out.Looking at the diagram there is a spring and a plunger that keeps the pin in position.I suspect that maybe the spring is broken cause when I move the pin in/out I don't feel any resistance.How can I remove the back gear pin,will I have to remove the back gear from the spindle to make repairs or can it be fix in place?Thanks for any advice----kroll

 

[pdentrem]

I can not remember if I used a piece of shim stock to slide in between the ball and spring to allow removal, or I used the twist method to rotate the pin and then pull it out. It has been years since I did that repair.
Pierre

 

[Kroll]

Thanks for the reply,I did try to twist it alittle and tug.I will try the shim ideal and see if that will work before I go back to the twist method.Just wanted to hear that it did work.Tks---kroll

 

[pdentrem]

You need to rotate 180 degrees if that was the way to do it. I wish I could remember how I did it.
Pierre

 

[atlas user]

Mine kicks out now and then also. Someday will get around to fixing it.

 

[ML_Woy]

You might post on the Craftsman Atlas Yahoo group and find an answer that forum specializes in Atlas Craftsman laths and has been very helpful to me in the past.