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  1. #1
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    SX3 Spindle Adjustment

    My SX3 is four years old and has small runout on the spindle, I am trying to take off the front panel to reveal spindle so I can adjust ,but something is stopping it coming free. I have removed the quill clamp screw and the top belt cover but can't see down the side of the front panel what is interfering.
    Anyone gone through this process or got info on whats holding the panel
    Thanks
    Mike

  2. #2
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    Hi Mike!

    What's holding the front cover is the Z digital depth gauge. Move the cover back and forth so as to get at the 4 screws that hold the gauge in. (Make absolutely sure that power is disconnected) Then wiggle the gauge until it comes out. There are no wires--it's battery operated.

    You may want to LEAVE it out as this gauge can short out and destroy the motor electronics. Otherwise, there is little use removing the front cover--This WON'T give you access to the spindle.

    There are teardown and spindle disassembly instructions (See Arc Euro) here:
    Page 26

    CR.
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    Too many PMs. Email me to my name plus At A O L dot com.

  3. #3
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    (for microscopes) Slides often get crcked because somone uses coarse adjustment hile on high power. What should you do to avoid cracking the slide.

  4. #4
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    Hi CR
    Thanks for info , ArcEuro manual on spindle replacment excelent help. I have bought items from Arc but had no idea there was all this info re the X3 on thier site, you could spend a lifetime on the web looking for info!!!!
    Mike

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