Figure 14
Spindle Drive Belt/Motor Mounting
5.1.9 Spindle Motor Removal (see Figure 14)
1. Unplug or remove all power from the lathe.
2. Remove the motor belt.
3. Mark and remove motor electrical leads.
4. Because of the weight and size of the spindle motor, and the restricted working
space, extreme caution should be used in sliding the motor from its mounting
plate.
5. Loosen the belt tension. See section above.
6. The motor is secured with four screws to a flange plate.
5.1.10 Spindle Encoder Replacement
1. Unplug or remove all power from the lathe.
2. Open the rear spindle cover to gain access to the encoder.
3. Loosen setscrews on flexible coupling and the bolts that hold the encoder on.
4. Slide the encoder off.
5. The spindle encoder assembly is only available as a complete unit. Do not
disassemble.
5.1.11 X-Axis Ball Screw Removal (see Figure 15)
1. Unplug or remove all power from the lathe.
2. Access to the X-axis ball screw is gained by removing the access guard and
removing the X-axis motor cover.
3. Remove the motor.
4. Remove all items on the right end of the ball screw.
5. Unbolt the ballscrew nut from the yoke.
6. The X ball screw is removed through the exposed hole when the cross slide is
removed.
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