Bobostro61
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The belt on my Rockler Excelsior lathe is wearing out and I want to change it. How do I go about changing the belt? Anybody know? There's nothing in the manual on how to do it.
Thanks!
Thanks!
You remove the handwheel, loosen the grub screws on the upper pulley, drive the spindle out toward the ways (use a rubber mallet or similar), take the old belt off the motor, put it back together in reverse.
The front bearing on the spindle is pressed onto the spindle, so it will come out with the spindle. The rear bearing is pressed into the headstock, so it will stay.
When you put it back together, be careful to get the motor and spindle pulley lines up before you tighten the spindle pulley back down. If they are not aligned properly you will just eat the new belt right off.
The only place to really get screwed up is if you put the pulley back on the spindle backwards. Nothing good comes of that.