Pete Hay
04-19-2010, 2:39 PM
My six year old 1023 Grizzly had been getting progressively more noisy - hard to describe - most like rattles with a harmonic component. Last night I finally investigated. First, the three belts clearly were no longer exactly matched. You could see on the slack side that one deflected more than the other two. Second, the arbor seemed to have a small amount of play.
I removed the belts and reversed them plus changed their order randomly. Next I found that the arbor sheave was no longer tight on the shaft. My HF 3mm Tee wrench fixed that. There are set screws in the both inner and outer sheave bottoms.
Both noise and harmonic are gone. No doubt I should get a new set of belts, but it appears that the loose arbor sheave was the bigger culprit. As I write this I realize I forgot to check the motor sheave for tightness!
Hopefully this will help some other Creeker with a similar problem. This is the only adjustment I've had to make in six years of 1023 use. Fine saw.
I removed the belts and reversed them plus changed their order randomly. Next I found that the arbor sheave was no longer tight on the shaft. My HF 3mm Tee wrench fixed that. There are set screws in the both inner and outer sheave bottoms.
Both noise and harmonic are gone. No doubt I should get a new set of belts, but it appears that the loose arbor sheave was the bigger culprit. As I write this I realize I forgot to check the motor sheave for tightness!
Hopefully this will help some other Creeker with a similar problem. This is the only adjustment I've had to make in six years of 1023 use. Fine saw.