SD powder drop & wave bearing help
Quote from Reloader on November 19, 2010, 3:12 amI believe I have a pre 98 Square Deal purchased used because of the derlin bearings which has been replaced under warranty.
I recently was having indexing problems. I felt resistance on the up stroke when the shell plate began to index. I purchased replacement parts kit hoping to fix the issue by installing a new index lever assembly. I installed the new wave bearings as well. Now the issue is that the wave bearings seem to be too tight. I made sure they were installed correctly with the small tabs seated correctly. How should I fix this?
Also i have the old powder drop system with the long return springs and the old bell crank and the fail safe rod. No matter how I adjust the flare it will drop powder even if no case is present. How do I fix this as well?
I believe I have a pre 98 Square Deal purchased used because of the derlin bearings which has been replaced under warranty.
I recently was having indexing problems. I felt resistance on the up stroke when the shell plate began to index. I purchased replacement parts kit hoping to fix the issue by installing a new index lever assembly. I installed the new wave bearings as well. Now the issue is that the wave bearings seem to be too tight. I made sure they were installed correctly with the small tabs seated correctly. How should I fix this?
Also i have the old powder drop system with the long return springs and the old bell crank and the fail safe rod. No matter how I adjust the flare it will drop powder even if no case is present. How do I fix this as well?
Quote from Reloader on November 22, 2010, 3:43 pmBe sure to grease the vertical corners of the shaft, as well as the angled camming surface on the bottom of the index lever.
On the powder measure, It sounds like the return rod is not attached correctly. remove the rod, then cycle the handle. The powder funnel will contact the top of the shellplate, but not enough to drop a powder charge. All the return rod does is if the powder bar gets so dirty that it wants to bind up, then the return rod yanks it back, preventing you from loading ammo without powder in it. Under normal circumstances, the springs return the powder bar before the return rod will.
If you cannot resolve this, please phone us when you can be in front of the machine for asistance.
Be sure to grease the vertical corners of the shaft, as well as the angled camming surface on the bottom of the index lever.
On the powder measure, It sounds like the return rod is not attached correctly. remove the rod, then cycle the handle. The powder funnel will contact the top of the shellplate, but not enough to drop a powder charge. All the return rod does is if the powder bar gets so dirty that it wants to bind up, then the return rod yanks it back, preventing you from loading ammo without powder in it. Under normal circumstances, the springs return the powder bar before the return rod will.
If you cannot resolve this, please phone us when you can be in front of the machine for asistance.