11-01-2014, 11:43 AM
Wow! Great progress and looking fantastic.
Your photos don't show it, but I assume from your description that you did put the collar with the ball detent and spring onto the feed direction shaft and it's in the correct position. Given the variations of the dimensions given among the prints and original part, I was worried that heights of the counterbore on the bracket I'd made might throw the collar out of position (inward or outward) and be either loose or tight. If too loose you'll have to make a round shim for behind it, too tight would be easier to fix by taking a light facing cut off the back of the collar in your lathe.
My other big concern (as we discussed @ my shop) is the relative location of the Ø5mm engagement lever pivot. I see it on there so clearly you reamed that hole when you got to working on it. Does it actuate the clutch as it's supposed to?
Your photos don't show it, but I assume from your description that you did put the collar with the ball detent and spring onto the feed direction shaft and it's in the correct position. Given the variations of the dimensions given among the prints and original part, I was worried that heights of the counterbore on the bracket I'd made might throw the collar out of position (inward or outward) and be either loose or tight. If too loose you'll have to make a round shim for behind it, too tight would be easier to fix by taking a light facing cut off the back of the collar in your lathe.
My other big concern (as we discussed @ my shop) is the relative location of the Ø5mm engagement lever pivot. I see it on there so clearly you reamed that hole when you got to working on it. Does it actuate the clutch as it's supposed to?