650 shellplate question

[ddeaton]

How tight should this be? From the factory mine is pretty loose. On a used one I just bought and tore down, cleaned, lubed and put back together, I cranked it down till tight and backed off till I could move fairly easy. Not a lot of slop. How do you all keep yours adjusted?

[lcs]

How tight should this be? From the factory mine is pretty loose. On a used one I just bought and tore down, cleaned, lubed and put back together, I cranked it down till tight and backed off till I could move fairly easy. Not a lot of slop. How do you all keep yours adjusted?

Just about the same. Tight and back off until it moves fairly easy.

[Pat Miles]

I lock mine down and then back the center bolt off in small increments until the plate rotates with a tiny bit of drag. Keep in mind that the lock screw on the side of the ram shaft will cause the plate to tighten up when you tighten it (lock screw). Trial and error situation. I like the absolute minimum of wobble in the shell plate.

CYa,

Pat

Edited cuz I caint spel gud!

Edited April 24, 2009 by whatmeworry

[ddeaton]

Cool, thats what I thought. I am glad I just bought this used 650. Gave me the chance to tear it all apart, clean, lube, and get it running from the ground up. My older 650 has been running out of the box with minor adjustments for about a year now. I will take some time now to tweak on it. Although it has been running well. You only start to understand these after a good teardown.

[benos]

I like the absolute minimum of wobble in the shell plate.

CYa,

Pat

Yes, for any auto-indexing Dillon machine, as tight as the Shellplate can be that still allows it to completely index every time.

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