Kawasaki 1/2" drill chuck

[kelroy]

Anyone heard of these? I recieved one with my Atlas 618 purchase. It looks to have a MT2 taper shaft and my tail stock is a MT1. It is a keyless chuck so I would like to use it. I cant seem to get the taper piece to seperate from the chuck. How do you do that???:huh:

 

[Tony Wells]

Depends......some are taper mount, some are threaded. Look for marks on the chuck body. Either thread spec or Jacobs taper normally. One unscrews, sometimes with a LH screw from the inside to lock it, but the taper locks in pretty good and you should use a pair of wedges made for removal of Jacobs taper mounts.

 

[Kenwc]

Can you post a pic and is there any model number makings on it?

 

[kelroy]

I will get pictures of the drill chuck tomorrow and post.

 

[kelroy]

Kawasaki 1/2 Drill Chuck

 

[Kenwc]

Judging just from what I can see I think the arbor is taper mounted in the chuck and as a previous poster mentioned you'll probably need the correct sized Jacobs wedges to remove it. I see a groove around the arbor near the chuck and that's what leads me to believe that. Someone may speak up with other solutions but I've had to do the same . Is case you've not seen them....I've included this link. These just press in from opposite sides and the chuck (usually) will pop right off.

http://www.jacobschuck.com/product_details.asp?pid=29

 

[Tony Wells]

That is a 33 Jacobs taper mount (33JT marking). Wedges are the proper way to remove it.