waxman Posted March 17, 2013 Share Posted March 17, 2013 I have about 10,000 rounds through my 1050, and it is developing an annoying squeak. The noise is only at the bottom of the stroke, and when it starts to come back up. I was so frustrated I bought a grease gun just to grease the zerk near the bottom of the press. Squeak is still there. I have lubed every moving part and friction point I can see with a oil pen, but still squeaking. Anyone ever have this happen? any advice on where to look? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lockmup68 Posted March 17, 2013 Share Posted March 17, 2013 Did you grease the bearings holding the main shaft? The zero fitting is only on the swage arm bearing. The main bearings need a needle shaft on your grease gun and have to be taken off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul-the new guy Posted March 17, 2013 Share Posted March 17, 2013 roller handle... squirt some remoil or something in there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wide45 Posted March 18, 2013 Share Posted March 18, 2013 It's the roller on the case inserter thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reinz Posted March 18, 2013 Share Posted March 18, 2013 Dude, I've had the same thing happen a few times. My machines are RL's, so they are older with miles on them. I will grease and oil everything in sight and the squeak just keeps coming. Then, 500 rounds later, it stops! WT? Who knows? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DougCarden Posted March 18, 2013 Share Posted March 18, 2013 It is the roller on the handle...seriously....pull the handle off and put some grease on it..... DougC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HI5-O Posted March 18, 2013 Share Posted March 18, 2013 Mine was squeaking and it was the primer pocket swage rod just above the zerk fitting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DyNo! Posted March 18, 2013 Share Posted March 18, 2013 Squeaks are BAD - slap some KY on that thing.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarge Posted March 18, 2013 Share Posted March 18, 2013 Dude, I've had the same thing happen a few times. My machines are RL's, so they are older with miles on them. I will grease and oil everything in sight and the squeak just keeps coming. Then, 500 rounds later, it stops! WT? Who knows? maybe the mouse under your bench finally died! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waxman Posted March 18, 2013 Author Share Posted March 18, 2013 You guys are the best, i will grease everything you mentioned. I may even slap some KY on that thang! Thanks guys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueeyedme Posted March 19, 2013 Share Posted March 19, 2013 I had a squeak that was really starting to tick me off - turned out to be the aluminum roller handle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZenOhSix Posted March 20, 2013 Share Posted March 20, 2013 My Dillon is only 2 days old now - the same sqeek started on the 100th round (was depriming). It is on the very bottom of the stroke, makes noise as it is coming up. I plan on making another batch later this week - if you figure out exactly where it is - let me know. Being that mine is new - it looks pretty damn greesed and oiled already. Thanks, Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JigSaw Posted April 14, 2013 Share Posted April 14, 2013 I got my s1050 about 3 weeks ago, and at this point have somewhere around 8k through it. The same squeek showed up early on so I put slide glide on the ram and actually removed a lot of the extra grease that is all over the machine. Several thousand rounds later it came back and I used Hornady spray cleaner to sprits different areas as I loaded in order to try and change the noise. Found out it was the cleanliness of the top portion of the center ram. If you keep it nice and clean w/ just a touch of oil, the noise goes away and stays gone until it builds up crud again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan550 Posted April 15, 2013 Share Posted April 15, 2013 That "squeak" you're hearing may be the primer pocket "whistling" as air passes through it when you raise the handle. That happens on my 1050 all the time. The case lube seals everything there to an air tight fit, and if you raise the handle quickly, it sucks air through the primer flash hole at a rate high enough to create that sound. YMMV. Alan~^~ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aircooled6racer Posted April 15, 2013 Share Posted April 15, 2013 Hello: It could also be the Dillon deprime die rod rubbing in the die body. A drop of Mobil 1 will stop that. Thanks, Eric Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ams30gts Posted May 24, 2014 Share Posted May 24, 2014 I know this is an old thread, but I had a squeak too after roughly 5k rounds. For me it was the toolhead guide rods that needed oiling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrishoesel Posted August 22, 2015 Share Posted August 22, 2015 Tool head index pins and the toolhead compression spring/spring cup are the most likely culprits. Either put a generous amount of grease into the spring cup/guide or 30w oil and 30w oil on the index pins. Should fix it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shakman Posted August 22, 2015 Share Posted August 22, 2015 I found the same thing with mine recently. Turned out it was the steel alignment pin from the toolhead that goes down through the shellplate directly to the left of station 1. I suspect I didn't have the toolhead perfectly aligned when I changed it out. Once I put some lithium grease on that pin and re-centered the toolhead, it disappeared. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RangerTrace Posted June 12, 2023 Share Posted June 12, 2023 This is a really old thread, but my 1050 has developed this same squeak near the bottom of the down stroke. I loaded slowly and pinpointed it near the powder bar. Double checked and it doesn't do it without cases and actually loading rounds. I'm 99% certain its the powder bar assembly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Service Desk Posted June 16, 2023 Share Posted June 16, 2023 The double return springs on the older style powder thrower will squeak, a drop of oil on the looped ends makes the noise stop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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