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Soak it down in a penetrating solution....if the grease varnished, a couple of days in that may well get it loose with no damage, pounding, heat issues.

Warren L

On 8/3/2017 10:25 AM, Pete Mclaughlin pete_mclaughlin_93555@... [7x12minilathe] wrote:

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thanks John

Thats what i needed to know. ?It looks like the original grease dried in the die cast cover end of the shaft and glued the shaft and the 45 tooth gear so they could not turn. ?

I will gently pry the shaft out and see if the die cast cover is still capable of acting as a bearing or if I need to take further action to repair or replace.

Sincerely

Pete McLaughlin

On Aug 3, 2017, at 6:14 AM, John@... [7x12minilathe] <7x12minilathe@...> wrote:

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Hi Pete,

I made the dog clutch in 2009 so don't recall the details. I do know it wasn't difficult to remove and replace that shaft without removing the die cast cover on the end of the machine.

However, it's trivial to remove the die cast cover, it's held by two socket head bolts - takes only a couple minutes to remove with gears and fwd/rev in place. Once off you can see that the cover does function as the bearing for that end of the shaft; the bracket serves as the bearing closer to the mid point of that shaft.?

If the shaft seized in either bearing then you need to get it out of the seized bearing (which could be a challenge).? Assuming you get it out without too much damage you can drill or ream the hole a little larger and make and press fit? a brass bearing.? Clean up the shaft where it seized, add a little lube, reassemble and it's probably better than new.

John

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