Hopeless Newbie to Shopsmith

[pinochi73]

Yup. You are missing one of these.

Thank you thank you thank you

Easy to install?

[dusty]

Thank you thank you thank you

Easy to install?

I don't know. I have never had to replace one. I do wonder what holds it in place. Hopefully, if you buy one, you'll get installation instruction.

[billmayo]

I don't know. I have never had to replace one. I do wonder what holds it in place. Hopefully, if you buy one, you'll get installation instruction.

The Control Sheave bearing was a press fit and staked (notched) around 4 times to hold it in place. I have never seen any instructions on installing this bearing. I use red LocTite (careful not to get any LocTite on the bearing shield) inside the Control Sheave and use a special dull/flatten tip chisel to stake the bearing 6-8 times. There is a small failure rate when installing the new bearing. Lately, I found I had clearance to machine the Control Sheave bearing depth any additional .060"-.075" deeper to leave more room to stake the bearing. Notice the stake/notch on the Control Sheave at the roll pin location. [ATTACH]17207[/ATTACH]
I buy my buttons from Ebay seller bandsaw-tire-warehouse. I use a center punch to spread the button shaft to hold the bearing

[pinochi73]

Thank you very much!
What does the rectangular hook with spring attach to?

[jimthej]

It goes over the spring on the speed control porkchop. You can see the part clearly in your post #8.

[pinochi73]

i just received my bearing and installed it very quickly with everyone's help from here. My Shopsmith is now fully operational and runs like a friggin top! I've never been so damn happy about a tool. Thanks again to everyone here, couldn't have done it without you.