Hi all:
I had this annoying squeak come about from the spindle cartridge, I was in the middle of a project and did not feel like tearing into the cartridge to re-grease the bearing. I know my bearings were being washed out by the spray of coolant, so I simple followed suit with a thinned out grease that I blew in with compressed air from the bottom. Quiet now and very smooth running.
This is something I thought I would share, I by no means imply that this is a solution for replacing proper maintenance, but maybe someone might find themselves in the same predicament and will find this idea useful.
For a quick fix thats a good idea, I never thought of that!
Coolant will get into the lower bearings, I made a slinger for mine to keep that from happening, original spindle, machine will be 8 years old in February.
I tried water based coolants for the first couple years, got tired of the sludge in the sump,pump sticking, rust etc
Lower bearing noise solved for now
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