[modelaratrod]

I picked up this machine second hand and it's been converted to belt drive with the midwest machine works power draw bar.
I'm trying to setup the power draw bar and when I do as pictured the spindle is running really hot like the bearings are getting compressed by the washer stack.
Should the large black washer on the bottom be there?

Any help or suggestion would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks, Yancy

[Connor]

That is a terrible design. The draw bar should be squeezing the stack of washers without applying any pressure to the spindle. It's just jamming the drawbar down against the bearings, probably messing up your pre-load. You should have some sort of lift plate and a top hat that threads onto the top of the spindle. The stack then goes on top of that. The power draw bar then lefts up and pushes down to squeeze the washers. Look at Hoss's design.

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