Re: Squealing headstock
Posted: Mon Aug 03, 2015 12:15 am
It would allow the belt to drop all the way to the shaft at 'slow' and 'slip'. Slipping belts tend to squeal.dusty wrote:Would that make it squeal???JPG wrote:Are you oiling BOTH the control(idler shaft) and the floating(motor shaft) sheaves?richardrouse wrote:I've oiled the sheeves, I've actually been doing that every time I use the machine since I bought it used and from a pawn shop at that.
I'll check the belt's deflection.
I'll have to be poking around tomorrow.
Is the motor belt less than 1/2" wide?
Narrow belts tend to snag on the sheave vanes also.