Triton TRA-001 help

Team, I was setting my router plate in my table when the chuck came loose and threw a wobbly on my last run

heres the first 3
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On the last run, the chuck came loose and did this
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As you can imagine I’m pretty p’d at the moment after planning and making 4 practice cuts.

my question is, how do I tighten the chuck to the spindle, is there a locking pin somewhere or some way I can lock the spindle to tighten the chuck, the collet locks in fine but it wobbles as the chuck gets loose. Is it supposed to lock on like a lathe thread, ie opposite thread?

is there a nut that keeps the chuck on?

any help would be appreciated.

1: Clamp the router down with the chuck overhanging the bench or whatever you've clamped it down onto.
2: Tighten the chuck onto the shaft as hard as you can by hand, then wrap a strip of cloth ANTI-CLOCKWISE around the chuck about half a dozen times or so.
3: Pull on the other end of the cloth steadily so that the whole motor is spinning. Do this a few times to get the feel of it; you're aiming get enough momentum so that the motor carries on spinning after the cloth has finished; but you're NOT trying to pull start an old Victor...
4: While the is running down and still a few turns away from stopping itself you engage the spindle lock. This immediately stops the chuck dead and the remaining momentum in the heavy motor gives the shaft that last bit of oomph in tightening.

You spin it in reverse to get the chuck off when dismantling the router.

Very important: Go. Easy.

If you spin it like you're starting the mower you will almost definitely fracture the aluminium casing where the spindle lock is situated.

My TRA 001 has a 5mm hex socket in the end of the spindle to take a 5mm Allen key when tightening/loosening the chuck body.

I discovered that the chuck won’t tighten past last contact. If I try to tighten any further it clicks off so i’d Say that there has been some threading, and by the looks of things, only in the chuck, not on the spindle thread thank heaven. Possibly through being used unbeknownst to me whilst loose.

Is it the early 2 piece chuck which uses the adapter for 1/4" bits or the later 3 piece one?
Does this look like your problem?

Fumbler,
The threads on the chuck body are very poorly made and the metal is very soft. I stripped mine too as shown in the thread Treecycle linked. You'll need to buy a new.

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Originally Posted by jack620

Fumbler,
The threads on the chuck body are very poorly made and the metal is very soft. I stripped mine too as shown in the thread Treecycle linked. You'll need to buy a new.

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Thanks Jack and Dallas, that is the problem exactly, it’s been threaded, so will ship new parts in from the UK.

Richard

£46 later and I shipped in from the UK, a new chuck and a 1/4” collet (not the sleeve), and she’s eating to go.

also for those interested, if you take the lid off the top of the body, move aside the speed knob and electrical plate it reveals the top of the spindle which is hex shaped and you can put a spanners on. So put the chuck on to finger right, rescue the plunger to engage the lock and you can tighten the chuck into the spindle that way.

tested today and can’t wait to get into it.