Hi all,
I've been looking at this for a little while now, and can't wrap my brain around it. I've got a lane where the turret started continuously indexing. Turns out that the short turret belt is touching the short link just enough to prevent the latch from going back over the roller on the stop lever. What's strange is that the short belt is not sitting level, the clutch pulley is sitting higher than the indexing cam. Not by just a hair either, it's pretty noticeable. Moreover, between myself and the other mechanic all turret clutches were rebuilt this past summer and painstakingly visually inspected (we were basically cleaning up after several years of crappy maintenance by a guy who didn't care, so we had to really be on our toes for any issues that may be of concern in and around the turret area when we were doing clutches). This machine does have a stamped indexing cam and split pulley.
As strange as it sounds, at first glance it looks like the indexing cam is lower than it should be. I know that I could probably get rid of the issue we're having by tinkering with the short link for a little bit and bending it, but this is really bothering me that I can't figure this out. This machine ran fine with 0 problems in the turret area all season until right now, and now it can't even get through one time around without hanging up. Am I missing something obvious? Thank you in advance!
What I have done so far:
-Checked short link to ensure it didn't get bent---OK
-Checked clutch to ensure spacer was in the correct place, not under pulleys.---OK, and I figured this wasn't the case anyway as bringing the split pulley down farther would only push belt against short link harder
-Checked bellcrank to make sure it wasn't bent or cracked---Looks ok and I replaced it anyway just to be sure, no change in problem.
-Checked slide plate, didn't know if a crack or bend in it could cause this---Looks ok but swapped it out anyway.
-Checked turret frame for cracks---looks ok.
-Stud that short link attaches to (in the front) is okay too---I thought maybe if this came out at all, it could push the short link outward and into the belt.
I can probably have the pinchaser take a picture today and text it to me, let me know if anyone wants a picture of the area.
I've been looking at this for a little while now, and can't wrap my brain around it. I've got a lane where the turret started continuously indexing. Turns out that the short turret belt is touching the short link just enough to prevent the latch from going back over the roller on the stop lever. What's strange is that the short belt is not sitting level, the clutch pulley is sitting higher than the indexing cam. Not by just a hair either, it's pretty noticeable. Moreover, between myself and the other mechanic all turret clutches were rebuilt this past summer and painstakingly visually inspected (we were basically cleaning up after several years of crappy maintenance by a guy who didn't care, so we had to really be on our toes for any issues that may be of concern in and around the turret area when we were doing clutches). This machine does have a stamped indexing cam and split pulley.
As strange as it sounds, at first glance it looks like the indexing cam is lower than it should be. I know that I could probably get rid of the issue we're having by tinkering with the short link for a little bit and bending it, but this is really bothering me that I can't figure this out. This machine ran fine with 0 problems in the turret area all season until right now, and now it can't even get through one time around without hanging up. Am I missing something obvious? Thank you in advance!
What I have done so far:
-Checked short link to ensure it didn't get bent---OK
-Checked clutch to ensure spacer was in the correct place, not under pulleys.---OK, and I figured this wasn't the case anyway as bringing the split pulley down farther would only push belt against short link harder
-Checked bellcrank to make sure it wasn't bent or cracked---Looks ok and I replaced it anyway just to be sure, no change in problem.
-Checked slide plate, didn't know if a crack or bend in it could cause this---Looks ok but swapped it out anyway.
-Checked turret frame for cracks---looks ok.
-Stud that short link attaches to (in the front) is okay too---I thought maybe if this came out at all, it could push the short link outward and into the belt.
I can probably have the pinchaser take a picture today and text it to me, let me know if anyone wants a picture of the area.
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