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Posted by Mike Berger on March 30, 2006, 12:11 am
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I need to disassemble my Clausing 5449 lathe to get it downstairs
into the shop. The 5449 is a 1968 vintage 5400 series with variable
speed drive and clutch.
To remove the lathe bed from the cabinet, I have to take off the
3 spindle drive belts. The manual tells how to adjust the tension
for those belts, but not how to remove or replace them.
Is anybody familiar with the procedure for removing the belts on
this machine? I don't want to disassemble the entire countershaft
if I can avoid it.
Thanks.
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Posted by R. O'Brian on March 30, 2006, 1:12 pm
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If you want minimum hassle, cut the belts and replace them with Fenner
PowerTwist Plus and have a smoother running lathe.
http://www.fennerdrives.com/powertwist_plus_vbelts/powertwist_home.asp
Randy
>I need to disassemble my Clausing 5449 lathe to get it downstairs
> into the shop. The 5449 is a 1968 vintage 5400 series with variable
> speed drive and clutch.
>
> To remove the lathe bed from the cabinet, I have to take off the
> 3 spindle drive belts. The manual tells how to adjust the tension
> for those belts, but not how to remove or replace them.
>
> Is anybody familiar with the procedure for removing the belts on
> this machine? I don't want to disassemble the entire countershaft
> if I can avoid it.
>
> Thanks.
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Posted by Mike Berger on March 30, 2006, 4:11 pm
Please log in for more thread options It's an interesting idea -- though the reeves drive is a lot
rougher and noisier than the spindle drive. The powertwist
belts are well-recommended and it could save me a lot of
trouble.
I'd still like to know the recommended procedure for belt
replacement in any case!
R. O'Brian wrote:
> If you want minimum hassle, cut the belts and replace them with Fenner
> PowerTwist Plus and have a smoother running lathe.
>
> http://www.fennerdrives.com/powertwist_plus_vbelts/powertwist_home.asp
>
> Randy
>
>
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Posted by DoN. Nichols on March 30, 2006, 10:45 pm
Please log in for more thread options > I need to disassemble my Clausing 5449 lathe to get it downstairs
> into the shop. The 5449 is a 1968 vintage 5400 series with variable
> speed drive and clutch.
>
> To remove the lathe bed from the cabinet, I have to take off the
> 3 spindle drive belts. The manual tells how to adjust the tension
> for those belts, but not how to remove or replace them.
Well ... I've got a 5418, not variable speed, but still those
three belts in parallel from the countershaft to the spindle cone
pulley.
> Is anybody familiar with the procedure for removing the belts on
> this machine? I don't want to disassemble the entire countershaft
> if I can avoid it.
You'll have to remove both the spindle and the back gear
(actually underneath gear) from the headstock to do it.
The next section of the manual (if yours is like mine) is:
How to Remove Headstock Spindle
And after the "Re-Assembling the Headstock Spindle" you will find the:
How to remove back gears
Once you have done this, you can lift the headstock clear. It
is secured by four bolts through two clamp bars from the bottom. It
will also probably have a taper pin through the front lip of the
headstock casting into the near ways rail, to assure precise repeating
of the position.
At least you won't also have to remove the countershaft to
actually *change* the belts for what you are doing.
Good Luck,
DoN.
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Posted by Mike Berger on March 31, 2006, 11:38 am
Please log in for more thread options My manual doesn't have those parts. I didn't see any missing pages
but it might have been superceded by a later one. Thanks! It was
actually easier to remove the belts by removing the countershaft,
but it's nice to know how the other end will look when I get to it.
DoN. Nichols wrote:
>
> Well ... I've got a 5418, not variable speed, but still those
> three belts in parallel from the countershaft to the spindle cone
> pulley.
>
> You'll have to remove both the spindle and the back gear
> (actually underneath gear) from the headstock to do it.
>
> The next section of the manual (if yours is like mine) is:
>
> How to Remove Headstock Spindle
>
> And after the "Re-Assembling the Headstock Spindle" you will find the:
>
> How to remove back gears
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> into the shop. The 5449 is a 1968 vintage 5400 series with variable
> speed drive and clutch.
>
> To remove the lathe bed from the cabinet, I have to take off the
> 3 spindle drive belts. The manual tells how to adjust the tension
> for those belts, but not how to remove or replace them.
>
> Is anybody familiar with the procedure for removing the belts on
> this machine? I don't want to disassemble the entire countershaft
> if I can avoid it.
>
> Thanks.