Water cooled Chinese spindle disassembly
Hi
Thought I would put this up for any one who might want to see or think about stripping down there spindle
Back ground to spindle....
We got this 2.2kw spindle from linearmotionbearings2008 on ebay Has run well for the year we have had it.
The reason for disassembly....
Had a most frustrating problem with my spindle most my fault.
I was cleaning the mill down after routing some wood getting ready to do some aluminium. Can not run the coolant with wood dust. So what I do is to sweep up what I can then re direct the coolant out flow to a large bucket and hose down.
Here is where the problem started I hose the top of the head and the water run down the spindle power cable into the plug, so when I turned the spindle on next day it popped the house safety switch.
Tried blowing and wiping the water out then put heat gun on to it for a few hours still no go.
Only one way left to go, have to disassemble to get the water out. Well I always wanted to know what was in side.
So here are the photos of the disassemble.
No special tool where needed 2 allen keys and 2 long threaded 5mm bolts to remove bottom bearing housing from body.
It come apart ease enough.
images
#200 complete spindle
#206 top off
#209 show moisture and rust on inside of lid
#210 spindle laid out from top
#211spindle laid out form bottom
#217 bottom bearing's
#224 ID label on side of spindle that how it came
#229 rear bearing
Before reassemble waiting on new water proof plug to arrive
Russell