I bought an HLV-H that is very crusty and I am giving it a good cleaning out.
I cannot get the compound slide (or Hardinge calls the tool post in the manual) off. My understanding is that once the cam lock bolt on the side of the slide is removed, then the whole unit should lift off the coss slide. The slide top is off, it is now just the compound swivel base stuck to the cross slide which is also off the carriage.
If this is true, then my current theory is that the cam lock bolt is sheared inside, or some other thing is jammed in. There was no bolt when I bought it. The compound can swivel freely and there is maybe 1/32" play. A mallet can move it that small amount, but then it is firm like metal on metal. A sheared bolt or other pin across the part line of the slide base and that center pivot piece would make sense.
It is hard to see clearly down into that hole. How long is the cam lock bolt meant to be? My dipstick measurement only goes to about the center of the slide, not past and into the far edge of it.
Am I missing something about how this should disassemble? Any ideas on how to remove a sheared cam lock bolt that is pretty jammed in with years of gunk and neglect?
I cannot get the compound slide (or Hardinge calls the tool post in the manual) off. My understanding is that once the cam lock bolt on the side of the slide is removed, then the whole unit should lift off the coss slide. The slide top is off, it is now just the compound swivel base stuck to the cross slide which is also off the carriage.
If this is true, then my current theory is that the cam lock bolt is sheared inside, or some other thing is jammed in. There was no bolt when I bought it. The compound can swivel freely and there is maybe 1/32" play. A mallet can move it that small amount, but then it is firm like metal on metal. A sheared bolt or other pin across the part line of the slide base and that center pivot piece would make sense.
It is hard to see clearly down into that hole. How long is the cam lock bolt meant to be? My dipstick measurement only goes to about the center of the slide, not past and into the far edge of it.
Am I missing something about how this should disassemble? Any ideas on how to remove a sheared cam lock bolt that is pretty jammed in with years of gunk and neglect?