MILL FEED BACKLASH ADJUSTMENT

GN1300 SERIES
Excessive backlash in the vertical fine feed can come from two places.
1. The fit between the worm gear and the pinion gear.
2. The fit of the quill gear to the quill rack.
Worm to pinion gear backlash
The fit between the worm gear and pinion gear can be adjusted using the following
procedure.
1. emove the fine feed handwheel and dial.
2. !oosen the two setscrews that hold the left and right worm gear bearing supports in
place. The" are located on top of the vertical feed housing at the left and right end
of the worm gear.
#. $se a small pin t"pe spanner wrench or a punch with a small mallet to rotate the
bearing supports one at a time. The worm gear support bearings are mounted off
center in these housings and rotation of the housing will raise or lower the worm
gear depending on the direction the housing rotated.
%. Turn the right housing and watch the worm gear shaft to see which direction it
moves. Turn the housing in the direction that will lower the worm gear down
towards the pinion gear.
&. 'ove to the left housing and repeat the above step.
(. )lternate moving the front a little and then the rear a little while turning the worm
gear to check for binding.
*. )s soon as an" resistance is felt in the rotation of the worm gear+ ,T-.. The
adjustment is completed.
/. Tighten the two setscrews to the bearing housings to lock the adjustment in place.
,etscrews Worm gear and shaft 0inside casting1
2earing housings 3ial and 4andwheel

3rill press
handles L R
.inion gear
0inside casting1 5-TE6 The bearing housings have two holes
in the outside surface to allow the use
of a punch or spanner wrench to turn
the housing.
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7uill gear to quill rack adjustment
The adjustment of the fit between the quill shaft feed gear and the rack on the quill is
made using the split section of the feed gear. The feed gear is made up of two parts. )
wide section that is locked to the feed shaft bu" a ke" and has a fixed position on the
shaft. The other section is not as wide and is not ke"ed to the shaft. 8t is held in place
on the shaft via a locking nut and can be repositioned as desired.
The narrow section can be of9set from the wide section to give the effect of a gear
with thicker teeth. This in turn will give a tighter tooth to tooth fit between the feed
shaft gear and the rack on the spindle.
)djustments are made on the split gear from up inside the mill head casting. This is
accessible from under the mill head between the quill and the support column. The
procedure for this adjustment are as follows.

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;eed ,haft
;ixed ;eed =ear
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!ocking Washer
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1. !ook up into the mill head casting and locate the items shown in the above figures.
2. Turn the feed shaft with the course feed until the locking tab of the locking washer
is accessible. !ock the quill in that position with the locking lever on the rear of the
mill head.
#. 2end the locking tab straight and use a small punch to loosen the spanner nut just
enough to be able to rotate the adjustable gear with the same punch and small
hammer.
%. With the quill still locked in position+ have some one turn the course feed handle in
the clockwise direction until it removes an" backlash and then have them HOLD
THE HANDLE IN THIS POSITION UNTIL THE COMPLETION OF
STEP 6 !! This will move the bottom part of the wide fixed gear to the left as
viewed from below.
&. $sing the punch and small hammer+ tap the narrow movable gear toward the right.
This will have the effect of making the gear assembl" appear to have thicker teeth.
>olumn End 7uill End
Turning the quill feed clockwise
rotates the wide gear this wa"
$se the punch and rotate the narrow
gear this wa"
(. Tighten the spanner nut with the punch and hammer.
*. With the quill still locked+ move the course feed handle and check for a reduction
in the amount of backlash.
/. 2end the locking tab back into one of the slots in the spanner nut.
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