Chuck Ellis
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I have a JET 1442 that I've had a few problems with the Reeves unit.... a couple of weeks back I replaced the motor shaft pulleys since mine were not meshing correctly due to a broken keyway. The repair took me and my friend about 20 minutes... it took longer to get the keeper ring back on than anything... My friend has the proper tools, but we both could use new glasses and biggest problem was seeing the groove for the ring..
After we got it all done, the shift lever would only come back to about 900 rpms... we had to stop about then, David went home and I went in dinner and I didn't get back to the repair for a couple of days due to Dianne's rehab schedule and having to drive her 40 miles to the Rehab center and then running errands while we're out... she's not able to drive yet and hasn't in several years...
When I got back to the job, I started removing the spindle and discovered that somehow I had developed a burr on the spindle so that it would not slip through the interior pulleys... I even went to emergency repair procedure number 1 ... I got a bigger hammer... so rather than risk doing more damage, I contacted JET for a repair facility near me... there are three, one in Knoxville, and two in Chattanooga. Since Dianne's rehab is in Athens, 40 miles south of us, Chattanooga was a better choice as we were already half way there and I've used the guy in Knoxville before and while he does a good job, it takes him 2-3 weeks to get the lathe back to me.... it may have been worth it as I'll still be down another week or so before I get everything back together... I still need to get new interior pulleys and a new keyway and maybe a new spindle if I can't sand the burr off the one I have....
I asked for an estimate before they did anything and when they called back, the estimate was between $300 and $400... and you know it would be closer to $400. I opted to take it back and try to fix it myself.... they gave me my lathe back in a box... completely disassembled inside the housing and still charged me $55 for the "estimate".... I'm not upset or mad because what I needed to begin with was a disassembly and didn't have the tools to pull the bearing and pulley off the spindle, so guess it was a cheap fix... the reassembly will be interesting, but I've done it once before so should not be a major problem... now just need to find the time to do it... for a retired man, I seem to be incredibly busy lately.
After we got it all done, the shift lever would only come back to about 900 rpms... we had to stop about then, David went home and I went in dinner and I didn't get back to the repair for a couple of days due to Dianne's rehab schedule and having to drive her 40 miles to the Rehab center and then running errands while we're out... she's not able to drive yet and hasn't in several years...
When I got back to the job, I started removing the spindle and discovered that somehow I had developed a burr on the spindle so that it would not slip through the interior pulleys... I even went to emergency repair procedure number 1 ... I got a bigger hammer... so rather than risk doing more damage, I contacted JET for a repair facility near me... there are three, one in Knoxville, and two in Chattanooga. Since Dianne's rehab is in Athens, 40 miles south of us, Chattanooga was a better choice as we were already half way there and I've used the guy in Knoxville before and while he does a good job, it takes him 2-3 weeks to get the lathe back to me.... it may have been worth it as I'll still be down another week or so before I get everything back together... I still need to get new interior pulleys and a new keyway and maybe a new spindle if I can't sand the burr off the one I have....
I asked for an estimate before they did anything and when they called back, the estimate was between $300 and $400... and you know it would be closer to $400. I opted to take it back and try to fix it myself.... they gave me my lathe back in a box... completely disassembled inside the housing and still charged me $55 for the "estimate".... I'm not upset or mad because what I needed to begin with was a disassembly and didn't have the tools to pull the bearing and pulley off the spindle, so guess it was a cheap fix... the reassembly will be interesting, but I've done it once before so should not be a major problem... now just need to find the time to do it... for a retired man, I seem to be incredibly busy lately.