Leaking Oil Help

He could’ve been trying to avoid opening the flood gates of repairing items. Technically it wasn’t a warranty repair. I debated even mentioning it, but was trying to let people know that they were willing to work with me.
 
Rufustoad said:
That’s not good. I did not see anything wrong with the gasket on mine so I cleaned everything as good as possible and then put gasket maker on it and put it back together. I let it sit for a few days and it was still leaking on the back side of that cover plate.
I called Mike today and he told me he had no one else’s gear box there they were working on.
He has been nice but I am with you, this has been nothing but problems since day one. I am wondering if the casting isn’t leaking. I asked for a DXF file to get a gasket cut and they won’t give me one so now I have to wait 3 weeks for the order to come in hoping there is no damage from shipping and I refuse to cut one with a knife and scissors.
This is becoming a nightmare.

Yours is a 2v right? How old is it?
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Yes it’s a 2V. I think it was Oct-Nov of last year.
 
I guess technically since they had already shipped the gearbox back to wnchstrtnfldvlle, he was telling the truth?

He told me it was a completely different lathe and it was a gear issue that had been returned. Sounded a little odd to me. He has definitely been nice but like I told him this is an $11K machine. When it came to my house it had fell through the skid and dented up the panels on it plus the parts box and tool holders and PM said sorry about your luck. Then the feed stop was drilled wrong and destroyed the ways wiper. Then I tried to use the steady rest and follow rest and they were so badly machined that I couldn't use them. Now this leak and lastly I have a VFD issue that I need to try and fix. I am 3rd and 4th guessing my decision, 2nd guess went out the window.
 
Rufustoad said:
"Technically it wasn’t a warranty repair." Why wasn't it a warranty if its 1yr old?
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It’s only a parts warranty. They don’t cover labor. Basically I browbeat them enough to agree to let me ship it to them to see if they could do it. But I can see why he wouldn’t admit to that.
 
wnchstrtnfldvlle said:
It’s only a parts warranty. They don’t cover labor. Basically I browbeat them enough to agree to let me ship it to them to see if they could do it. But I can see why he wouldn’t admit to that.
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there's a lot of trust in that arrangement.
 
Wow. This is very scary. Reminds me of a bad experience with a Jet 1440 lathe gearbox that required months to sort out. I was completely mystified, but the shop hired a pro and he had the gearbox entirely out on the table in parts. It was very annoying and everybody was always asking when the lathe was ever going to get fixed. It eventually got fixed, but I didn't find out what was the root problem. After that, I bought a South Bend 9 with a broken back gear. Enough of that complicated stuff. I love the South Bend, but it is a chore to swap change gears. I bought a 9A at a liquidation sale, but the gearbox was jammed. The same sale had a full set of change gears, and I'm off and running. Watching a Blondihacks video on YouTube talking about how a new import machine was so much better of a purchase than used, as well as this thread, really brought the painful Jet experience back to the top. Anyway, some happy news. The South Bend just cut an odd fine thread for my missing Champion forge blower locknut. It worked perfectly at a demo.
 
It's frustrating for sure. I'm going to wait until I call them Monday to make any rash decisions. But, I'm also not very hopeful that much will come of it. At this point I think I have two options. Find a legitimate lathe repair company that can come out and get this fixed and reinstalled for good, or I can measure it out for a custom cut gasket that will give it the needed clearance to torque the bolts down enough to seal the seam while still giving it enough clearance to not jam up the shifting knobs. While I'm at it, I may see about adding keys to the shifter blocks shaft to keep them from rotating while reassembling.
 
Started breaking everything back down. This time it's a full disassembly. It's gotten pretty trashed with the constant breakdowns and reassembling. The idea is to use a solid gasket that will not only seal the seam but will give it enough clearance for the shifter blocks to avoid the binding when tightened down. I know it was assembled at the factory using the sealant, and managed to avoid the binding, but this is the only thing I can think of. Gasket material has been ordered.

Some pictures below of the progress made last night.
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