VF-6 spindle & motor

[serviceman]

always follow what is printed on the way lube tank there are not many machines out there that take dte 25 they used it for a little while and then they went back to vactra 2 on the way lube tank it will say what oil to use vactra or dte

[JACKOFTRADES]

Whatever was printed on the side of the waylube tank has been worn off.

[serviceman]

i would go with vactra 2 or equivalent or call haas

[JACKOFTRADES]

The Haas service tech said to use VAC 2. I also did a spindle lubricater test the 50 taper spindle should get 1.7 to 2.1 cc every 4 hours. The new spindle is in and we are ready to go 7000 dollars later.

[sixstring]

MY COMPANY HAS A VF-3 AND A VF-6 , THE OLDEST BEING ONLY 3 YEARS .BETWEEN THE BOTH OF THESE MACHINES THEY HAVE HAD 9 SPINDLES REPLACEMENTS IN THIS TIME FRAME. YOU CAN'T SEEM TO RUN THESE AT MAX R.P.M. FOR ANY DURATION WITHOUT COOKING THEM.THE HAAS SPINDLE PROBLEMS SEEM TO BE AN ONGOING ISSUE. WE FINALLY GOT SICK OF THE PROBLEM AND BOUGHT A FADAL 4020 WITH A HIGH SPEED SPINDLE TO RUN A LONG CYCLE TIME ALUMINUM JOB THAT WAS ROACHING THE HAAS SPINDLES.WHEN THE JOB WAS ON THE HAAS ,THE NOISE FROM THE SPINDLE WAS SO LOUD THAT EVERYBODY IN THE SHOP WERE WEARING SHOOTERS MUFFS!!! CAN'T EVEN TELL THE MACHINE IS RUNNING WHEN USING THE FADAL.BEEN RUNNING FOR 6 MONTHS ON FADAL WITH NO ISSUES AT ALL. WHEN THE DEALER WE BOUGHT OUR 4 HAAS MACHINES FROM FOUND OUT WE WERE GOING TO FADAL THEY GOT REALLY PISSED OFF AND STARTED NIT PICKING OUR WARRANTIES AND SERVICE.NEEDLESS TO SAY WE WON'T BE BUYING ANYMORE HAAS MACHINES.HAAS SHOULD STOP GOING FOR QUANTITY AND GO BACK TO QUALITY !!!!!!

[swartling]

Way lube 68 and mobil vactra #2 are the same lubricant chemically. Mobil DTE 25 is like Super Hydraulic oil 32 which IS lighter than WL 69 on MV 2. We have used WL 68 in our VF 6 since we have had it. (1995)