I recently installed the PowerPro kit, but today I heard a screw rattling around the bottom of the motor pan. I removed the pan and found a set screw. Upon closer examination, it seems to be an M5x0.8 screw, 10 mm long. The parts breakdown do not list this screw.
The headstock seems to be running fine, and I (cautiously) put it through the speed range with no unusual noise or rattling.
Any ideas???
I've got a screw loose...
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michaeltoc
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I've got a screw loose...
Michael
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I find loose, unidentified hardware in my shop quite frequently and it bugs the daylights out of me. I just put it in a container with all the rest that I find that way.michaeltoc wrote:I recently installed the PowerPro kit, but today I heard a screw rattling around the bottom of the motor pan. I removed the pan and found a set screw. Upon closer examination, it seems to be an M5x0.8 screw, 10 mm long. The parts breakdown do not list this screw.
The headstock seems to be running fine, and I (cautiously) put it through the speed range with no unusual noise or rattling.
Any ideas???
But to find it in the motor pan:eek:. Not good news. I would call Shopsmith just to put them on notice.
Am I to understand that you received a "complete parts list" with the PowerPro delivery?
Do the parts cross reference in the online catalog? More directly, the question is can you purchase a PowerPro in bits and pieces?
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I will definitely call shopsmith, but they are not open until Monday (perhaps Tuesday?), so I just wanted to throw this out to the board to see if anyone had a similar experience.
The PowerPro manual came with a parts breakdown just like the original Mark V manual complete with catalog numbers etc., so I guess you could purchase a PowerPro piece by piece!
The PowerPro manual came with a parts breakdown just like the original Mark V manual complete with catalog numbers etc., so I guess you could purchase a PowerPro piece by piece!
Michael
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FOUND IT!!!
I was looking at the parts list again and noticed #110 - Motor Pulley Set Screw (no size specified). Since all the other motor screws are metric I pulled the belt cover and sure enough the set screw was missing. Fortunately, the motor pulley is also held on by a shaft key and retaining ring, so that is why it didn't fly off.
So I would advise everyone to check this set screw, and perhaps re-set it with some locktite. (you need a 2.5mm hex key).
I was looking at the parts list again and noticed #110 - Motor Pulley Set Screw (no size specified). Since all the other motor screws are metric I pulled the belt cover and sure enough the set screw was missing. Fortunately, the motor pulley is also held on by a shaft key and retaining ring, so that is why it didn't fly off.
So I would advise everyone to check this set screw, and perhaps re-set it with some locktite. (you need a 2.5mm hex key).
Michael
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Gene Howe wrote:Perhaps I'll send the kid to ACE for some M5x0.8 Loc Tite:D
If it ain't blue when he gets returns, send him back!.......The loctite!
OH! Don't forget it is for a 2.5mm hex socket 'head'('end?') Don't want to cause a third trip!:D
He driving, riding his bicycle, or shank's ponies?
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My tube of blue loctite says it is 0.2 fl. oz./ 6 ml - so if the volume is listed in ml, it should be OK for metric screws.Gene Howe wrote:Perhaps I'll send the kid to ACE for some M5x0.8 Loc Tite:D
Michael
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That would be his excuse, too.michaeltoc wrote:My tube of blue loctite says it is 0.2 fl. oz./ 6 ml - so if the volume is listed in ml, it should be OK for metric screws.
When he couldn't find the board stretcher, he said all my boards looked long enough anyway.
Gene
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I have often pondered how a metric crescent wrench differed from a 'normal' one!:D
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Considering just how large SnowFlake is,does it really matter? My uncle (Jake Flake) lived out of town a mile or so,and it only took 30 minutes to walk to the OTHER side of town from his house.JPG40504 wrote:If it ain't blue when he gets returns, send him back!.......The loctite!
OH! Don't forget it is for a 2.5mm hex socket 'head'('end?') Don't want to cause a third trip!:D
He driving, riding his bicycle, or shank's ponies?
Gene, how's life up there?
steve