Chris Jones
Member
Thanks for everyone's help getting the headstock spindle out.
My neighbor wants to replace the wicks.
I just called Southbend/Grizzly and after 25 minutes of a recording telling me how important my call was to them and how they'd be right with me, a guy comes on the phone. I told him what I wanted and he said, "What's the part number?" I have a 12 page PDF "Parts List" for 9-inch South Bend Lathes Models A, B, and C that I found online. I give him the "Part No." that they list but, that doesn't turn up anything in his system. He said he doesn't have any way of looking up the part number from the model and serial numbers on the machine. He wanted to sell me a parts manual. I was also told that there is a $30 minimum order + shipping and my neighbor thinks that's quite high.
Does anyone know a place online or not to get the required headstock spindle wicks?
I found a rebuild kit on ebay for $40 with free shipping. It has the wicks and a bunch of other stuff he might or might not use in it. I can't find the wicks alone via Google search or ebay.
My neighbor wants to replace the wicks.
I just called Southbend/Grizzly and after 25 minutes of a recording telling me how important my call was to them and how they'd be right with me, a guy comes on the phone. I told him what I wanted and he said, "What's the part number?" I have a 12 page PDF "Parts List" for 9-inch South Bend Lathes Models A, B, and C that I found online. I give him the "Part No." that they list but, that doesn't turn up anything in his system. He said he doesn't have any way of looking up the part number from the model and serial numbers on the machine. He wanted to sell me a parts manual. I was also told that there is a $30 minimum order + shipping and my neighbor thinks that's quite high.
Does anyone know a place online or not to get the required headstock spindle wicks?
I found a rebuild kit on ebay for $40 with free shipping. It has the wicks and a bunch of other stuff he might or might not use in it. I can't find the wicks alone via Google search or ebay.