sticky reeves

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I have a very sticky reeves drive...

I can change speeds, but it's very tight. I took off the cover, and blew some compressed air in there, and gave it a shot of penetrating oil...

I even took the handle off and made sure everything looked fine there...

What's the next step?
 
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1. Scrub the crap off the sides of your belt.
2. Lube the shafts (both!)
3. Lube the area where the lever presses on the pulley bearing at the motor.
4. Align the upper and lower pulley sets. (Mine were WAY out of alignment, worked miles better after aligning them!)
5. Check for warped pulleys at the motor end. A badly warped pulley will make the speed change tough.

Those are the things I did to mine that made a big difference.
 
I've had to completely disassemble mine (using gear pullers and the whole 9 yards), clean and lube the shaft and reassemble. I've done it twice in 4 years, expect it to starting acting up again any day now. Still dropping loose change in my PM3520B jar in the meantime...

Got a lot of help from this site.
 
Steve Busey said:
I've had to completely disassemble mine (using gear pullers and the whole 9 yards), clean and lube the shaft and reassemble. I've done it twice in 4 years, expect it to starting acting up again any day now. Still dropping loose change in my PM3520B jar in the meantime...

Got a lot of help from this site.
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What are you using for lube? Because you really shouldn't be having that kind of trouble. Reeves drives are noisy and annoying, but they should still last...
 
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