Could I get some pointers on the best way to remove the knee? I bought Milacron's Abene and am doing a tear down/cleaning/repaint; the table and saddle came off nicely-had to make a tool to unscrew the hand wheels.
The current status is that I'm looking down into the hole where the saddle was into the gearbox to the left rear. The hand wheel shafts have been removed but the longitudinal shaft behind the big black cover plug (the one that looks like you use a quarter to remove it) remains in place. The gearbox appears to be on a cassette type of housing that slides out intact. But the question of the day is what comes loose next to enable the removal of the gearbox? I'd like to leave as much assembled in the knee as possible to allow cleaning and exterior painting. Would appreciate some advice from those of you who have been here before. Thanks.
The current status is that I'm looking down into the hole where the saddle was into the gearbox to the left rear. The hand wheel shafts have been removed but the longitudinal shaft behind the big black cover plug (the one that looks like you use a quarter to remove it) remains in place. The gearbox appears to be on a cassette type of housing that slides out intact. But the question of the day is what comes loose next to enable the removal of the gearbox? I'd like to leave as much assembled in the knee as possible to allow cleaning and exterior painting. Would appreciate some advice from those of you who have been here before. Thanks.
