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Is better access possible?

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I have large hands and find it difficult to get inside the motor head for routine maintenance. Replacing my pork chop was excruciating!

Has anyone experimented with enlarging the hole on the back side to make access easier?

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I kinda like just dropping the motor down and out.
Makes life so much nicer and you always can clean the sheaves while your at it.
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You can always drop the motor pan then you have lots of room.
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Remove belt cover after setting to high speed

Remove drive belt from motor pulley

Raise to vertical

Reverse table in carriage so the table creates a platform under the motor pan.

Take 5 screws out of motor pan and let the motor etc. set on the table.

All the innards are now quite accessable
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Good advice for repairing

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and if the pork chop needs replacing again I will do as JPG suggests.

I was actually thinking more about routine maintenance like cleaning and lubing the pork chop, oiling the upper sheave and lubricating the locks. Dropping the motor seems like a bit much for those short tasks that need to be done fairly often.

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Post by beeg »

How LONG ago did ya replace the pork chop?
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8 screws and a belt.

IMHO worth it to be able to:

see

access

observe unexpected 'problem'
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Post by wiredone »

forrestb wrote:and if the pork chop needs replacing again I will do as JPG suggests.
Forrest
? So what are jcraigie and me, chicken soup? :confused:
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wiredone wrote:? So what are jcraigie and me, chicken soup? :confused:
Cluck Cluck!:D

You both said what.

JPG said how!;)
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[quote="JPG40504"]Cluck Cluck!:D

You both said what.

JPG said how!]

Wow my bad!
I had no idea that folks needed to be taught common sense mechanicing!
Live and learn!:)
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