All done, got the bearings out of Mcmaster Carr. $52 a piece. Fixed it right up, back to about a thou of backlash, I can live with that. I didn't do the seal, I should have. The bearings in there were rusted beyond belief, they literally fell apart. I'm guessing that water got in there before we bought it, they probably pressure washed it to make it "shiny". Now I found out that the chiller pump is only putting out about 3psi and sounding really crappy, I'll leave that one for another day. As far as the spindle taper goes, I'm sure it needs a tune up, but with the new belleville(sp?) washers and bearings, its cutting to size within a half and leaving a good finish, now tomorrow I'm sure something else will break. |