Fixing a Leaky RF-45 Mill Head - Enco

[henryarnold]

(05-09-2012, 04:32 PM)EdAK Wrote: I had to make a seal installation tool to get the gear selector shaft seals installed. I butchered the first one trying to install it with just a hammer. Dumb move, I know.

It's a simple tool with an ID bore to fit over the shaft and an OD collar that is the same size as the OD of the seal. Worked very well for a butcher like myself.

Ed

Thanks for posting the picture. Again you saved me some aggravation by solving the problem ahead of time. I'll make a similar tool for my seal installation.

Henry Arnold

[EdK]

(05-09-2012, 06:52 PM)henryarnold Wrote:

(05-09-2012, 04:32 PM)EdAK Wrote: I had to make a seal installation tool to get the gear selector shaft seals installed. I butchered the first one trying to install it with just a hammer. Dumb move, I know.

It's a simple tool with an ID bore to fit over the shaft and an OD collar that is the same size as the OD of the seal. Worked very well for a butcher like myself.

Ed

Thanks for posting the picture. Again you saved me some aggravation by solving the problem ahead of time. I'll make a similar tool for my seal installation.

Henry Arnold

Henry,

Another tip. Be sure to install the arm on the inside end of the left hand gear selector shaft prior to installing the seal on that shaft. If you don't, you'll have to knock the shaft and seal out to install it and then you'll be short a seal. Don't ask how I know that (luckily I had a extra seal available).

Ed

[Mayhem]

(05-09-2012, 04:32 PM)EdAK Wrote: ...I butchered the first one trying to install it with just a hammer. Dumb move, I know. ...

Only a dumb move if you fail to learn from it, which you did, so all good.

[EdK]

(05-09-2012, 07:59 PM)Mayhem Wrote:

(05-09-2012, 04:32 PM)EdAK Wrote: ...I butchered the first one trying to install it with just a hammer. Dumb move, I know. ...

Only a dumb move if you fail to learn from it, which you did, so all good.

Hey, good point Mayhem. I feel better now.

Ed

[Highpower]

I guess it's a good thing you guys have lathes, on which to make these mill repair tools eh?

[EdK]

(05-09-2012, 08:23 PM)Highpower Wrote: I guess it's a good thing you guys have lathes, on which to make these mill repair tools eh?

Ya got that right!

Ed

[henryarnold]

(05-09-2012, 08:23 PM)Highpower Wrote: I guess it's a good thing you guys have lathes, on which to make these mill repair tools eh?

Doesn't everyone that has a mill, have a lathe? How would you fix the mill?

Joking aside, I'll loan any tools I make out to anyone that wants to tackle this job. I should also have a spare sight glass and some other parts. At the end of my repair, I'll offer what I have available. Ed kindly sent me an extra sight glass he bought.

[Mayhem]

Hey Henry, it always worries me when I repair something and there are parts left over at the end. Even more so when it still works afterwards!!!

[Dave J]

Ed you have been busy, looks like your doing some nice work there and the mill will run better after it.

Dave

[EdK]

(05-10-2012, 08:04 AM)Dave J Wrote: the mill will run better after it.

Dave

Dave,

I sure hope so. Importing a mill from China may not happen for me so I'll have to live with my current mill for awhile longer. Not that it's a bad mill, I'm just wishing for a larger, more rigid mill to upgrade to.

Ed