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Excellent news mark I'm happy it got sorted out in the end
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sadly no I'm in southend on sea I did have to tighten mine with a punch

yes I understand your point sadly from experiance with all of these chinese made machines they make the same machine to differant standards depending on the specifications of the purchasing company...

What you're looking for is a 'pin spanner', although personally I'd just use a hammer and suitable punch.

It could be incorrect preload or just the poor quality bearings they use in the machines in the first place when I bought mine I spent a few days stripping it down cleaning it and reassembling with...

Looks like a belt drive head.

And having seen that parts diagram, the pic makes a bit more sense. You'll need to compress the washer underneath the horseshoe clip and remove the horseshoe clip....

If it's a belted version: Have a look at the pdf manual for the PM25MV mill....

Can you get a clearer photo of the top?

Going by the fact the spindle is threaded, it looks like something on the top will unscrew, but that photo is too blurry to actually make out any of the...

Actually, dont worry about preload at the moment...

Looking at the video again, I Think i can see a belt on the silver pully, if it was me i would remove that black top plate and see whats going...

Hi and welcome to the forum!

It sounds like a bearing problem to me, is there anyway to adjust the preload on them to check?

What has Amadeal said?