11-08-2024, 10:26 AM
(11-08-2024, 06:47 AM)JScott Wrote: My headstock leaks just a little from the outboard seal. I started looking into replacing it and it's an inexpensive seal but couldn't figure out how to get shaft out. Another good winter project.
Thanks for the tip on the oil. I'll snoop around in town today.
My lathe leaks mostly from the rear of the saddle where the shaft for the carriage feed comes out. I've had it all apart to seal all the bolt threads that go all the way through to the inside of the saddle. That stopped some minor leaking around the bolts. but where the carriage feed shaft goes through the apron there is no bushing, seal or o-ring of any kind. The shaft just runs inside a hole bored through the casting and acts like a total loss oiling system. I had planned on machining out the apron and installing a bronze sleeve to close the gap, and maybe an o-ring somehow but of course never got a round-tuit.
Willie