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Posted by Lloyd E. Sponenburgh on April 24, 2006, 11:00 am
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> Grant Erwin wrote:
>> I have a little Rockwell 3-phase grinder I picked up recently. It had
>> been wired completely wrong and today I rewired it and it runs smooth as
>> glass. I have the same problem with it that I have had with every bench
>> grinder, though. The shaft spins one way, so the wheels rotate down
>> towards the tool rest. The nut on one end of the shaft is RH and the nut
>> on the other end is LH. If I put a wrench on both shaft nuts and crank,
>> one will loosen. The question is, how do I loosen the other one? I can't
>> for the life of me see why grinder manufacturers don't put a hole you can
>> put a pin in to lock the shaft for changing wheels. I sure don't want to
>> put Vise Grips on the naked threads - what is the trick I'm missing?
Heh, heh! Just change one wheel at a time! After the RH nut's wheel has
been replaced, turn the wrench the OTHER WAY to get the LH nut off!
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LLoyd
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