Hello everyone.
I am happy to be a new member here and pleased to say that I have recently picked up a Deckel FP2 and FP3 in good condition.
There are however a few snags to get through.
Right now I am trying to get at the FP3 knee powerfeed selector gears. If you look at the component diagram below you will see a little part labeled 2700-1317, which balloons out to assembly 23. I think this part is worn, causing the one crown gear to engauge a little bit in the idle start and creating a "tick tick tick" noise as the powerfeed shaft spins around. Now it's great that I have the spare parts catalog with the exploded diagrams, it has helped figure this out. But the thing is it does not detail the castings, so understanding where the assemblies fit in them has been a challenge. The last thing I did to try get access to this little part was move the saddle almost off its slides to see if there was an access hole in the knee. There was not. Now I think I may have to take the knee off entirely to see if there is an access hole behind it. Has anyone taken one of these apart before and can possible advise on the next step to do?
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The clue that this part is making the noise is that when the selector gears shift downwards to engage the bottom gear the noise disappears completely.
I am happy to be a new member here and pleased to say that I have recently picked up a Deckel FP2 and FP3 in good condition.
There are however a few snags to get through.
Right now I am trying to get at the FP3 knee powerfeed selector gears. If you look at the component diagram below you will see a little part labeled 2700-1317, which balloons out to assembly 23. I think this part is worn, causing the one crown gear to engauge a little bit in the idle start and creating a "tick tick tick" noise as the powerfeed shaft spins around. Now it's great that I have the spare parts catalog with the exploded diagrams, it has helped figure this out. But the thing is it does not detail the castings, so understanding where the assemblies fit in them has been a challenge. The last thing I did to try get access to this little part was move the saddle almost off its slides to see if there was an access hole in the knee. There was not. Now I think I may have to take the knee off entirely to see if there is an access hole behind it. Has anyone taken one of these apart before and can possible advise on the next step to do?
The clue that this part is making the noise is that when the selector gears shift downwards to engage the bottom gear the noise disappears completely.