Need more help with Grizzly Planer - General Metalworking / Machine Shop related
All,
I have posted in the past about a problem I've had with my G0453PX (15" planer w/ spiral head) over the 10 years that I've owned it. I've contacted Grizzly a couple of times but we haven't been able to resolve the issue.
In a nutshell, the bottom belt pulley bolt works loose during use and the pulley starts to make a lot of noise. I can tighten the bolt and the problem goes away but will eventually return. Very frustrating. I've tried the following:
1. Replaced the belt pulley
2. Used every color of Loctite available
3. Tried various lock washers, including Nord-Lock
No matter what I do, the bolt eventually works itself loose and I have to shut down for the day while I wait for whatever new version of bolt lock solution I am going to try dries. I'm assuming that eventually, the heat generated by running the machine causes the Loctite to loosen and fail.
The only thing I can think of is that I am not able to tighten the bolt enough due to the slippage of the pulley (there seems to be no way to "lock" the motor shaft so that I can really crank on the bolt.
Anyone experience something similar? Any of you machine guys have any ideas on what I can do to fix this?
I've got an open ticket with Grizzly, but I'm not holding out a ton of hope. At this point I'd be happy weld the stupid thing on there if I thought I could find a way to do it.
Thanks in advance for any ideas.