Kondia FV-1 Head disassembly

[Mayhem]

Today I put the spindle bearings in, taking great care not to balls things up, as they need to go in back-to-back.

Once the spindle was in, I could insert the pinion gear and shaft, the clutch and then the quill feed forward/reverse drive shaft and then the feed gear shaft and the worm gear cradle. All went well until I found out that the pinion shaft is bent

   
   
   
   

Looks like it all has to come back out...