Cranking Craftsman 109 leadscrew by hand

OK, you guys are correct. Somehow I got things backwards. It is now clear that the gear comes off in the normal direction (to the left). Everything just seems to be tight on this lathe. The tailstock took forever to free, even with liberal applications of penetrating oil, and the chuck was difficult as well. I just wanted to take it off to see if it had the unusual 24 tpi nose. It did :angry:

Thanks for all the suggestions!
 
ericc said:
OK, you guys are correct. Somehow I got things backwards. It is now clear that the gear comes off in the normal direction (to the left). Everything just seems to be tight on this lathe. The tailstock took forever to free, even with liberal applications of penetrating oil, and the chuck was difficult as well. I just wanted to take it off to see if it had the unusual 24 tpi nose. It did :angry:

Thanks for all the suggestions![/QUOTE
When I bought my $60 AA 109 703 ( long bed )I found the shaft , gears, and spacer had different size keys / keyways. New keys at Ace and
some fussy filing cured it. .....BLJHB.
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