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Re: Squealing headstock

Posted: Mon Aug 03, 2015 12:15 am
by JPG
dusty wrote:
JPG wrote:
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.
Are you oiling BOTH the control(idler shaft) and the floating(motor shaft) sheaves?

Is the motor belt less than 1/2" wide?
Would that make it squeal???
It would allow the belt to drop all the way to the shaft at 'slow' and 'slip'. Slipping belts tend to squeal.

Narrow belts tend to snag on the sheave vanes also.