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(09-06-2015, 03:36 PM)EdK Wrote: I need to make that same setup for my LLambrich drill chuck. It needs a serious cleaning. It came coated with some waxy substance that so far has defeated all efforts to clean it off. It's a ball bearing chuck but has always turned fairly stiffly so I'm assuming that waxy substance is in the guts of the chuck also.

Ed

I understand Ed. My Jacobs ball bearing chucks are all the "newer" style (NOT made in the USA) and have never felt right since new. That particular chuck seized up on me and I thought I broke something inside.  

Fortunately(?) it was just a chunk of swarf that broke loose from the inside of the chuck body. Really rough machining inside, lot's of burrs, and the bores for the jaws were egg shaped. I had to re-cut them with an adjustable reamer to get them round and smooth. It now works like it SHOULD have when I bought it new. I'll pull my other one apart and go through it as well.

I'm sure your LLambrich is just gummed up with sticky stuff like you said. But you still gotta get in there to clean it all out.