Brass Spacers

[STEAM]

I hope this doesn't sound stupid but.. Are all flex shafts supposed to have brass spacers? I have had trouble today getting my flex shaft to stay seated in the cutting head. I was carving today and heard the machine stop. I went to check the machine and found the flex core laying on the floor. I tried reseating it to see what the problem was but it will not re-seat. It pops back out. My machine had made a trip to LHR a while back and has sat boxed up since it returned a couple months ago. I am just now getting time to use it again. They installed a new Flex shaft among other things. My original shaft seated well and was hard to pull loose from the cutting head. This one however, when I can seat it, it pulls out without any effort at all.
The bearing and spring are in place on the cutting head and I am making sure the core is contacting the cut motor and the other end is seating into the QC..
Any advise will be appreciated.

[Kenm810]

nu2carvin,

I haven't heard of LHR using Brass Spacers in a long time, I may be wrong,
but I thought they did away with adding spacers to the Flex-Shaft.
I would measure the Flex-shaft with and with out the spacers,
and call LHR tomorrow and explain to the tech what's happening.

[STEAM]

Thanks Ken
I don't have spacers but was reading the flex lube instructions and saw them mentioned. I just wanted to make sure I wasn't missing something.

[Digitalwoodshop]

The ball bearing is held by the clip with a hole in it. If the clip is lined up with the ball bearing it has less holding power. Twist the clip for a better grip. Check the floor for the spring too.... I trampled one....

AL

[STEAM]

Thanks Ken and Al for your help. I did twist the clip a little and it helped some. What I ended up doing was bending the support wire that is attached to the flex shaft, I made it a little tighter curve. That took some of the pressure of the connection. I just ran a 40 minute carve to test it and everything seems OK. I really appreciate the knowledge and help you guys share.:D