Quote Originally Posted by GeorgeD View Post
Scott,if you're going to strip it down? suggest you strip it down in sections? and over a deepish tray to catch any unsuspecting ball bearings,springs,ect ect as I found out on my lathe a spring holding a ball bearing in place went the other side of the room(needle in a haystack senario) took me ages to locate where it went and her indoors thought I'd flipped because I was brushing up. lol

Incidently this spring and ball bearing was in the headstock housing that put a bit of stiffness to the Hi-Low gear lever.
glad i took your advice knocked the spindle out and found the bottom bearing is not a one peice item all the balls fellout lol
good job i did coz it was as dry as a bone no damage though . not one gear made it all were broken there made with a crappy plastic
i broke one in my hand lol bet they used wd40 or some thing to loob it at the factory some oils make plastic brital they even painted the bearings dont help