Kondia FV-1 Head disassembly

[Mayhem]

Well it seems like ages since I've posted an update and this is mainly due to the fact that I was having a difficult time in obtaining 8mm split pins.  I finally managed to track some down locally and they only required a minimum order of 10.

First thing I noticed once I located the yoke was that the nuts didn't have a hole in them for the oil port    How the hell I missed that, I don't know.  So, back out came the yoke and a suitable hole was drilled.  After drilling the hole, I thought that I had better pull the nuts out to see if the other holes needed drilling.  The oil is fed into the top of the x-axis nut and then runs out the bottom and into the y-axis nut (via a hole in the yoke).  At this point, I discovered that the nuts in the new yoke are two separate pieces, not a single split nut like the original yoke.  I decided to set the backlash whilst the yoke was out and I am glad I did.  There is quite a gap between the two halves when the screws are all the way through.

   
   

Once this was sorted out and the yoke back in, I installed the y-axis screw and adjusted the gib.  I had to stop and think for a minute or two as that seemed too easy to be true...

Next job was to put the table back on.  Rather than use the engine hoist, I had used a mobile trolley that I have and it was a simple case of cranking the knee to the correct height and pushing the table onto the saddle.  As I did this I felt several "speed humps" and decided to shine a flash light under the table.  It looked like the webs in the casting were hitting the oil feed for the yoke.  I pulled the table and sure enough, the brass 90° fitting was looking the worse for ware.  The old yoke had its fitting lower down. 

I filed the fitting as much as I dare and then took an angle grinder to the webs to take a very small amount off.  I touched each with a paint marker before putting the table back on, just in case I needed to take a little more off.  Fortunately, the table slid on without any issues.

   
   
   

At this point I was faced with a major dilemma.  It has been a long time since I started this rebuild and I cannot help but think that I have messed something up big time.  I looked back at a picture of when I first got this mill and it confirmed my fears.  What I was looking at in front of me didn't look exactly like the picture.  

Before:
   

After:
   

Where did I go wrong?????