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Lubrication of j-head when assembling
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I have a shipment of parts for the Bridgeport series 1 J-head on it's way, have been fiddling with the various components and getting ready to assemble the jigsaw; I'm hoping some of you blokes who have owned, maintained and overhauled these things will be able to give me some information about lubrication of the various mechanisms- I haven't been able to find much info on how to lubricate things as they go back together. In particular, the feed drive worm arrangement and the feed drive gearbox in the left side of the head where the cluster gear lives;actually the whole drive train of the feed mechanism. The worm drive cradle has three holes in the top set in a kind of basin, this looks like it is intended to receive oil but i can't see where this would be fed from, unless the quill oiler feeds this and it drips from there down into the quill felt cap. From what I can see, that oiler drips directly down onto the felt so the feed worm will miss out.  The little gearbox where the feed rate selection happens- should this be packed with grease or something? The feed forward & reverse clutch and bevel gears- how are they lubricated? The only thing I've been able to find specifically is that the drive housing where the back gears are located should be packed with grease. Any info would be appreciated.
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Lubrication of j-head when assembling - by Pete O - 11-01-2018, 05:39 AM



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