Remove and Replace DP Quill

[guycox]

My Craftsman Drill press developed some wobble in the quill so I performed a diagnostic and it seems that there was some vertical travel of the Jacobs taper drive shaft. I was able to drop is out of the qull housing but removing the stop clamp -- the bottom bearing and the drive shaft dropped out. The bottom bearing is secured to the bottom of the drive sharft. There were two other circlip retaining rings -- probing into the qull housing there appear to be a top bearing as well with circlips...

It appears the the top circlip have hopped out of the grove and permitted the entire assembly to slip through the top bearing ...

I can't determine how to access the top bearing or remove the quill from the housing..

If I had bearing replacement instructions I think I could get things back together... Does anyone have directions for replacing drill press bearings...?

[shoottx]

Look at this Article

http://www.owwm.com/files/PDF/FAQ/dr...ss_tune-up.pdf

[guycox]

As usual, the Forum comes through again! -- I'm heading to the shop and it looks like I'm going to have to remove the pinion. ( maybe I'll look again for the manual - after the warning in the article.)