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I have ordered the drive sleeve assembly from shopsmith but it has been on order for over a month so am thinking about replacing bearings myself.
I have never used bearing puller etc. any one able to tell me where to get bearings and how to go about this. I have a 1959 shopsmith with upgraded poly v ...

Thanks. I will put it back together and see if tightening the belt helps.
If anyone has any other thoughts as to the problem please let me know.

I am getting a screeching sound once in a while from the left side of the headstock when I am doing lathe work. I am wondering if it is a loose belt.
I have it apart and the bearing in ideler shaft and or drive sleeve and or quill seem ok. They do not look damaged and seem to move freely. I did ...

Thanks folk it has been a great help.

I think my problem was that when I replaced the idler bearings 2 years ago I did not replace the ecentric bushing and I think that causes it to be loose. I put the old idler bearing in and it fits fine and stopped my knocking. I ordered a new ecentric bushing for the new idler bearings and in the ...

The one on the left side broke. Also do you think I need to purchase a new idler bearing for this or can I use this one until it gets real bad and then change it?

Thanks guys. I checked these things and all seems ok. I can move my idler bearings that are in the ecentric bushing a tad up and down. Maybe that is the problem. I broke the headstock where it screws into the front. One of the three screw holes broke off when I was putting the speed dial back on. Is ...

I replaced the bearings in my Mark V about 2 years ago and have not used it much since because of moving etc. Now I am using it again it has a knocking sound coming from the head stock when it runs. It sounds like marbles in it.

Any suggestions as to how to trouble shoot this. Thanks Barry

How do you folks get all the handles and locks etc to look so much like new. I have gone over mine with green scotchbrite and steel wool but can not get them as shiny as yours. I was looking at Mikes and see how nice they look. Any suggestions?

Barry

Thanks for all the help. I think I will try some on the inside of the leg first and see how it turns out. I sure don't like the idea of stripping it all off. I will have to completely tear it all down again in order to paint it properly so that will be enough work.

One more question: I have ...