pondy
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been looking for one of these for a bit and have now brought one, its a 4" version. its rusty but not seized, although its sticky in operation. this is how i got it, the jaws are missing, someone bolted some lumps of steel on thr main jaws, i contacted swindens but they wanted near £70 for a full set, i have managed to source a used set which will by hear by Friday.
first i ripped it apart, came apart easy and nothing with seized. main screw and nut look ok? this part was greased, it does seem to have a fair bit of play which should be able to get rid of most of it with a bronze washer. the slides have very old grease that's gone hard and crusty.
there appears to be a cover missing on the back, the threaded rod passed out the back so not sure if the plate has a hole in for a bearing support? one of the threads is damaged, looks to have been dropped.
first i ripped it apart, came apart easy and nothing with seized. main screw and nut look ok? this part was greased, it does seem to have a fair bit of play which should be able to get rid of most of it with a bronze washer. the slides have very old grease that's gone hard and crusty.
there appears to be a cover missing on the back, the threaded rod passed out the back so not sure if the plate has a hole in for a bearing support? one of the threads is damaged, looks to have been dropped.