Delta 350 planer

[Bob Reda]

Some of you may remeber that a few weeks ago I was asking about extreme pressure gear oil. I went with the snythetic mobil about 9 dollars a quart. Now the real question. I needed the oil because I changed the pinion gear in the planer. It was stripped away. Put the new one in worked fine--for about 3 weeks, stripped that out yesterday. Apparently something is causing that--anyone have any clues?

Thanks in advance
Bob

[Richard Wolf]

It is my experience, that most gears strip because they do not mesh deep enough and to mush pressure is put on the tips of the gear teeth. In your case I would look to see if there is some type of adjustment to set the pinion gear deeper into its mate.

Richard