Gary Koval
07-20-2008, 03:34 PM
I have contacted LHR in reference to this and my CC is taking a vacation down in the Lone Star State. But I was wondering if perhaps this is operator error, or, because if I didn't have bad luck, I would'nt have any, and its a bad part.
In mid to late June I was starting a project and while cranking down the head it bound up and started clicking as if it were all the way down but it wasn't. Called LHR and the tech talked me through realigning the head and also told me to find a bigger washer to hold the tierod in place and that should do it. And it did until about a week or so ago when I noticed that I had to realign the head about every four of five times I cranked it down and up. Then last Friday after realigning it, putting it together and cranking it about 3/4 of the way down it again went out of align. Took it apart again and started looking to find that the slots that the tierod sits in were elongated to the point that each time I cranked down (the crank or computer side) of the tierod was skipping teeth so it would not let the head go down more than 3/4 of the way before binding up again (see pics).
I should also say that when I first aligned it in mid June I checked the down pressure and it stayed at a steady 75-85lbs which it has been since I've owned it. When I start a project I let it click 3-5 times before proceeding. I very rarely use the red handle lock when doing a project.
I'd appreciate any input as to cause. Operator error and what I can do to correct it? Or bad part?
In mid to late June I was starting a project and while cranking down the head it bound up and started clicking as if it were all the way down but it wasn't. Called LHR and the tech talked me through realigning the head and also told me to find a bigger washer to hold the tierod in place and that should do it. And it did until about a week or so ago when I noticed that I had to realign the head about every four of five times I cranked it down and up. Then last Friday after realigning it, putting it together and cranking it about 3/4 of the way down it again went out of align. Took it apart again and started looking to find that the slots that the tierod sits in were elongated to the point that each time I cranked down (the crank or computer side) of the tierod was skipping teeth so it would not let the head go down more than 3/4 of the way before binding up again (see pics).
I should also say that when I first aligned it in mid June I checked the down pressure and it stayed at a steady 75-85lbs which it has been since I've owned it. When I start a project I let it click 3-5 times before proceeding. I very rarely use the red handle lock when doing a project.
I'd appreciate any input as to cause. Operator error and what I can do to correct it? Or bad part?